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:
Silver Strike Mine (Silverstrike Mine; Devonian Group; Cawood Mine; Tennessee Shaft), Government Peak, Teviston District, Dos Cabezas Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1870
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 32857
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32857.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Strike Mine (Silverstrike Mine; Devonian Group; Cawood Mine; Tennessee Shaft), Government Peak, Teviston District, Dos Cabezas Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°10'57"N
Longitude: 109°29'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.1825,-109.49305555556

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

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 Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si W Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote None Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1870	1530	2060
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1870	1530	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1870	1530	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1870	1530	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1870	1530	39462
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1870	1530	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1870	1530	21482

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.

2 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."
	NAVDAT-30023	1870	1530	1700±170					30023						32857	Silver Strike Mine (Silverstrike Mine; Devonian Group; Cawood Mine; Tennessee Shaft), Government Peak, Teviston District, Dos Cabezas Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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