Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Middlemarch Mine (Missouri Mine; Missouri Shaft; Morning Glory Shaft), Middle Pass District, Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 32798
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32798.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Middlemarch Mine (Missouri Mine; Missouri Shaft; Morning Glory Shaft), Middle Pass District, Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Missionary Shaft

Latitude: 31°52'41"N
Longitude: 109°56'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.878055555556,-109.94805555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite
Devilline	Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Wollastonite

Andradite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Malachite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Se Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite
Devilline Diaspore Epidote Garnet Gypsum Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Wollastonite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	136843	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	136843	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	1	136843	40
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	136843	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	0		577
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	136843	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	136843	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	136843	12537
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	136843	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	136843	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		454
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0		4894
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	0		292
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	136843	21482
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0		1247

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_554	Near-surface occurrence. Recently forming oxalate associated with cave deposits, in Cochise County, Arizona.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_554	0	0	Recent		Age of whewellite mineralization	high				Yes		Whewellite		15570	Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Cochise County	Hofmann and Bernasconi (1998)	10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00043-6	CG149_127	Described as "recent cave deposits."

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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