Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Escapule Mine Group (Escapule Mine; Joe Escapule Mine; Moonlight Group; Northside Group; Garnet Group; Arizona Group), Middle Pass District, Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 32796
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32796.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Escapule Mine Group (Escapule Mine; Joe Escapule Mine; Moonlight Group; Northside Group; Garnet Group; Arizona Group), Middle Pass District, Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
American Mine
Silver Cloud Mine

Latitude: 31°52'11"N
Longitude: 109°58'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.869722222222,-109.96666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl Mo O Pb V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteWollastonite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S0011368302793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)0011368302734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6001136830919
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)00113683027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)0011368304979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS200113683027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl0011368301382
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS00113683024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)0011368307437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O300113683014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O0011368301689
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2001136830265
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)200113683012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS200113683039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO200113683061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2001136830454
Silver  (*)CopperAg0011368305186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS00113683021482
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl000605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4001136830303
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO30011368301247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO40001655


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_554Near-surface occurrence. Recently forming oxalate associated with cave deposits, in Cochise County, Arizona.


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_55400Recent Age of whewellite mineralizationhigh   YesWhewellite 15570Cochise Co., Arizona, USACochise CountyHofmann and Bernasconi (1998)10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00043-6CG149_127Described as "recent cave deposits."

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