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Locality Name:
Emerald Mine, Silver Plume Mine (Emerald & Silver Plume Mine Group), Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 3315
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3315.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Emerald Mine, Silver Plume Mine (Emerald & Silver Plume Mine Group), Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°41'20"N
Longitude: 110°4'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.688888888889,-110.06888888889
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 Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCopperDugganiteLinarite
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupRocksaltRutileScheeliteTurquoiseWavellite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Choloalite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Duftite  (*)
Dugganite  (*)Emmonsite  (*)Galena  (*)Gartrellite  (*)Gold  (*)
Housleyite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kuksite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Osarizawaite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sonoraite  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Wavellite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xocomecatlite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S145002793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)145002734
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)614500413
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr14500227
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)145004979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S145005707
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl145001382
Choloalite  (*)None(Pb,Ca)3(Cu,Sb)3Te6O18Cl145007
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O145003531
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)14500220
Dugganite  (*)DugganitePb3Zn3(TeO6)(AsO4)21450018
Emmonsite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)3·2H2O1450034
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1450024243
Gartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O1450041
Gold  (*)CopperAu1450030554
Housleyite  (*)Not in a structural groupPb6CuTe4O18(OH)2145005
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6145002228
Kuksite  (*)DugganitePb3Zn3TeO6(PO4)2145006
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)214500987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21450012537
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)61450064
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl145001725
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2145005614
Silver  (*)CopperAg145005186
Sonoraite  (*)NoneFe3+(Te4+O3)(OH)·H2O1450011
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O14500484
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O14500374
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4766601655
Xocomecatlite  (*)NoneCu3(Te6+O4)(OH)41450010


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 

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