Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Tombstone, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 3314
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3314.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tombstone, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Goodenough Mine (Toughnut Extension Mine; Combination Mine; Combination No. 6 Mine; No. 6 Mine)
Roll Deposits
Toughnut Mine (Tough Nut Mine; Northwest Mine; Hoodoo Stopes; Tombstone Group)
Vizina Mine (Vizina Lode)
Way Up Mine

Latitude: 31°42'39"N
Longitude: 110°3'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.710833333333,-110.06638888889
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 Au Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na O Pb S Sb Si Te V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Br Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledonite
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteConnelliteCopperCoronaditeCorundumDescloiziteEpidoteEttringite
FluoriteFornaciteKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhenakitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSchieffeliniteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteVesuvianite

61 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Buttgenbachite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Emmonsite  (*)Famatinite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Mackayite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manjiroite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Molybdofornacite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Oboyerite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rodalquilarite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Saponite  (*)
Schieffelinite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sonoraite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tellurium  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S145011375032793
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS14500312
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O14500470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)145011375032734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)614501137502919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2145011375035509
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)614501137503132
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6145011375031633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr14500227
Buttgenbachite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(NO3)2Cl8(OH)62·nH2O1450113750313
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14502137500,13750327770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)614501137503359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)145011375034979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S145011375035707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21450113750427198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl145011375031382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O145003531
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)145011375031025
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O14501137503295
Copper  (*)CopperCu145011375033846
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1614500599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O145011375032970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)14501137503378
Emmonsite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)3·2H2O1450113750334
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS414501137503163
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2145011375039617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1450113749924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu14502137503,13750430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31450113750314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O14502137502,1375031689
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61450065
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6145011375021066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6145011375032228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4145011375035591
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)214501137503265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)214501137503987
Mackayite  (*)NoneFe3+Te4+2O5(OH)1450113750312
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21450113750312537
Manjiroite  (*)CoronaditeNa(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161450022
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl145011375031107
Molybdofornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(MoO4)(AsO4)(OH)7666017
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)14501137503153
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)14501137503362
Oboyerite  (*)NoneH6Pb6(Te4+O3)3(Te6+O6)2·2H2O145011375034
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)614502137501,137503477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21450113750439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21450113750361156
Rodalquilarite  (*)NoneH3Fe3+2(Te4+O3)4Cl145006
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)214501137503454
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O14501137503301
Schieffelinite  (*)SchieffelinitePb10Te6+6O20(OH)14(SO4)(H2O)5145004
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)145011375032473
Sonoraite  (*)NoneFe3+(Te4+O3)(OH)·H2O1450113750311
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS14501137503332
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe14501137503190
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13145011375035317
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O14501137503183
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2145011375032562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10145011375031395
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO414501137503303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4766611375031655


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.


7 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."
EG94_211-000557676 Pb-Pb whole rock?T11 Yes  19445Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USATombstoneBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-000567676 Pb-Pb whole rock?T21 Yes  19445Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USATombstoneBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-000577272 Pb-Pb whole rock?T32 Yes  19445Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USATombstoneBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00058666666Pb-Pb whole rock?T44 Yes  19445Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USATombstoneBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
Mo-001807666 U-Th-Pb?, Pb-Pb?    YesMolybdofornacite, WulfeniteMo19445Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USATombstone VolcanicsBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_21176-66 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-004971452.6Cretaceous–Tertiary     Yes  19445Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USATombstoneSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060986Tombstone, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060986
R130549Tombstone, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130549
R070745Tombstone, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070745

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...