Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
San Pedro Mine, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 32986
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32986.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Pedro Mine, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°42'12"N
Longitude: 110°6'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.703333333333,-110.11333333333

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	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	145	0	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	145	0	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	145	0	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	0	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	145	0	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	0	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	145	0	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	145	0	3531
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	0	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	0	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	145	0	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	0	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	145	0	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	0	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	0	61156
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	145	0	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	76	66	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.

7 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	Age from other Locality	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."
EG94_211-00055	76	76		Pb-Pb			whole rock?	T11	Yes			19445	Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Tombstone	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00056	76	76		Pb-Pb			whole rock?	T21	Yes			19445	Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Tombstone	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00057	72	72		Pb-Pb			whole rock?	T32	Yes			19445	Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Tombstone	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00058	66	66	66	Pb-Pb			whole rock?	T44	Yes			19445	Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Tombstone	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
Mo-00180	76	66		U-Th-Pb?, Pb-Pb?					Yes	Molybdofornacite, Wulfenite	Mo	19445	Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Tombstone Volcanics	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211	76-66 Ma is the age range of volcanics at Tombstone including Bronco Volcanics (76 Ma), Schieffelin Granodiorite (76 Ma), Rhyodacite stock (72 Ma), and Tombstone Rhyolite (66 Ma).
sedznpb-00497	145	2.6	Cretaceous–Tertiary						Yes			19445	Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Tombstone	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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