Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Swisshelm District, Swisshelm Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 32822
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32822.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Swisshelm District, Swisshelm Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Big Five Mine
Big Four And Valley View Mines
Chance Mine (Colford Copper Mine; Taylor Claims; Scheerer Mine; Scherer Property)
East Of Elfrida
Great American Mine (Heney Tunnel; Alpine Tunnel)
Heffern Mine
Limestone Hill
Little Lulu Mine (Spar No. 1)
Mammoth & Whale Mines
March Mine (Rydbom Mine)
Meade Mine
Mountain Queen Mine (Schribner Mine; Scribner Mine; Randall Lease)
Silver Drip Mine
Silver Glance Mine
Sunset 1-9 Claims
Swisshelm Mine (Swisshelm Mountain Gold And Silver Mining Company Mine; Swisshelm Mountain Gold And Silver Mining Company Property)
Thompson Beryl Claims
Unnamed Gold Prospect

Latitude: 31°41'56"N
Longitude: 109°32'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.698888888889,-109.54722222222

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Beryl	Brackebuschite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Fluorite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Brackebuschite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Au Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Beryl Brackebuschite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Fluorite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4	137359,137364,137369,137373	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	137361	5516
Brackebuschite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Mn³⁺(VO₄)₂(OH)	1	137374	15
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	137372,137373	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	137358,137368,137374	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	137361	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	137373	3531
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	137359,137364,137373	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	137358,137360,137363,137365,137368	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	137361	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	137372,137373	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	137359,137373	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	137358,137368,137372,137373,137374	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	137361,137372,137373,137374	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	137358	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	137360	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	137373	2562
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	137358	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	137366	1655

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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