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Locality Name:
Defiance Mine, 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: 3311
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3311.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Defiance Mine, Costello Mine Group (Costello Claims), Gleeson, Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°44'35"N
Longitude: 109°49'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.743055555556,-109.82305555556
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: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteClayCoronaditeCorundumDescloizite
KaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakiteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentine
Smectite-vermiculite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Aurorite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Coronadite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Fraipontite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)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)202002734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)202003250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)620200919
Aurorite  (*)NoneMn2+Mn4+3O7·3H2O2020022
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2020027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)202004979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl202001382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O202003531
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1620200227
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)20200378
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)42020049
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32020014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O202001689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6202002228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4202005591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22020012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl202001107
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO220200158
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22020061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)220200454
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O2020056
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)202002473
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO202001101
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO420200303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4202001655


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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