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Locality Name:
Costello Mine Group (Costello Claims), Gleeson, Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 202
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 33049
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33049.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Costello Mine Group (Costello Claims), Gleeson, Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Costello Mine
Defiance Mine
Dragoon Mine (Dragoon Claim; Dragoon Workings)
Silver Bill Mine

Latitude: 31°44'34"N
Longitude: 109°49'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.742777777778,-109.82222222222
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 Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCoronaditeCorundum
DescloiziteKaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Aurorite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Coronadite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Plattnerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Sauconite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)20202136897,1368992734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)20202136897,1368993250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)620202136897,136899919
Aurorite  (*)NoneMn2+Mn4+3O7·3H2O2020113689722
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2202011368995509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)20202136897,13689927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)20202136897,1368994979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22020113689927198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl20202136897,1368991382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O20202136897,1368993531
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1620202136897,136899227
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)20201136897378
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)420202136897,13689949
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2020113689924243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O320202136897,13689914640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O20202136897,1368991689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)620202136897,1368992228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)420202136897,1368995591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)220202136897,13689912537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl202011368971107
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO220202136897,136899158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22020113689939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2202011368993106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22020113689761156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)220202136897,136899454
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O20202136897,13689956
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)20202136897,1368992473
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO20202136897,1368991101
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO420202136896,136897303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO420203136896,136897,1368991655


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.


2 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."
UBCMDRUSP2_1_Copper_Belle01202200.6201.3±0.7     Yes  3316Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USACourland Gleeson areaLang (2001) UBCMDRUSP2_1 

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