Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
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: 3316
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3316.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 81
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 69

Number of Child Localities: 40
Child Localities:
April Fool Mine (Calumet And Arizona Mining Co. Property)
Barrett Camp Ghost Town
Black Jester Prospect
Bodie Mine
Challenge Mine
Copper Rocks Mine (Copperrox Mine; Copper Rox Mine; Copper Ox Mine; Barrett Group; Arizona Copper Syndicate Of Providence Mine)
Courtland
Germania Mine
Gleeson
Gold Camp Mines Area
Great Western Mine
Herron Mine (Calomel Mine; Thelma Mine)
Highland Mine
Humbot Mine
Kendall Group
King Plomo Mine
Leadville Mines (Armstrong Mine; Andes Copper)
Maid Of Sunshine Mine
Mame Mine
Mangum Claims
Mary Mine
Maud Hill Mine Group
Maude Hill
McLenden Mine (Turquoise King Mine)
Mono Mine
Muso Mine (Musso Mine)
New Year Gift Mine & Grenadier Mine Group
Ontario Mine
Ora May Claim
Poorman Mine
Shannon Mine (Shannon Copper Belle Mine)
Silverton Mine
Star Claim
Star Hill Prospect (Star Hill Deposit)
Turquoise Mountain
Turquoise Ridge
Vera Mine
Wellington Group (Wellington Claims)
West Hills Copper Oxide Mine
Wisconsin Group

Latitude: 31°45'43"N
Longitude: 109°49'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.761944444444,-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 Au B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe H O P Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAcetateAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragonite
BaryteBrauniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcoalumiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopiapiteCopper
CoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichiteDanburiteDescloiziteDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGarnet
GypsumHydrotalciteKaoliniteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeta-autuniteNone
Not in a structural groupPharmacosideritePhenakitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpangoliteSphaleriteSpinelTalcTurquoiseWoodwardite

84 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Allophane  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Aurorite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Birnessite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Copper  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crednerite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cyanotrichite  (*)Danburite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)Galena  (*)
Glaucocerinite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hoganite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pecoraite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Reevesite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Sauconite  (*)Shattuckite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Willemite  (*)Woodwardite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S202011369482793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2202011368783419
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O20206136878,136884,136888,136889,136923,136926470
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3202200.601534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)20206136881,136897,136899,136906,136909,1369502734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)20204136897,136899,136906,1369093250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)620207136878,136897,136899,136902,136906,136909,136923919
Aurorite  (*)NoneMn2+Mn4+3O7·3H2O2020113689722
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)220208136878,136888,136889,136899,136906,136909,136923,1369265509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2020113687811547
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O20202136887,136890178
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS420208136894,136902,136908,136914,136920,136927,136929,1369375516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)20201136923483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)620202136878,1369231633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)202011136878,136884,136885,136891,136897,136899,136906,136909,136923,136926,13695027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)20205136881,136897,136899,136906,1369364979
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O20202136878,13692391
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S20205136915,136920,136924,136929,1369405707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O20202136878,136923197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2202017136875,136878,136894,136899,136902,136906,136908,136909,136910,136915,136920,136924,136927,136929,136937,136940,13694827198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl20207136878,136897,136899,136906,136909,136923,1369481382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O202015136870,136878,136880,136882,136884,136885,136888,136889,136891,136897,136899,136910,136923,136926,1369313531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)420201136878951
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)20201136884363
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O20201136878382
Copper  (*)CopperCu20203136878,136914,1369233846
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1620202136897,136899227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS20204136878,136889,136923,1369484165
Crednerite  (*)NoneCuMnO22020113692335
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O20208136870,136878,136880,136891,136923,136926,136931,1369372970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)220202136878,136923179
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O820201136928148
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O220201136878144
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)20201136897378
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6202011368784135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)220202136878,1369069895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)202011369288173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF220202136878,1369109617
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)420202136897,13689949
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS202010136878,136881,136894,136895,136899,136903,136906,136909,136937,13694224243
Glaucocerinite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)20202136878,13692320
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)20207136871,136876,136878,136910,136923,136926,1369487437
Gold  (*)CopperAu20207136884,136900,136903,136905,136910,136948,13695030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O20203136878,136923,1369376890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3202015136878,136884,136885,136888,136889,136891,136897,136899,136903,136906,136909,136910,136926,136948,13695014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O20205136878,136897,136899,136906,1369091689
Hoganite  (*)AcetateCu(CH3COO)2·H2O0011368764
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)620207136878,136897,136899,136906,136909,136910,1369482228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)420205136897,136899,136906,136909,1369505591
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)20201136878581
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)20202136878,136923234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)220201136923987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42020113690514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2202016136870,136878,136880,136884,136885,136888,136889,136891,136897,136899,136906,136909,136910,136923,136926,13693112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2202011368785674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O20201136878915
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O202200.60388
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl202011368971107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)20201136910362
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O20202136878,1369232994
Pecoraite  (*)Clay SerpentineNi3Si2O5(OH)42020113687140
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O20201136878428
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO220203136897,136899,136909158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2202021136878,136881,136888,136889,136894,136899,136906,136908,136909,136915,136916,136917,136920,136921,136922,136923,136924,136929,136931,136940,13694839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO220204136875,136899,136906,1369093106
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)220201136878771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2202012136878,136884,136885,136888,136889,136897,136905,136906,136910,136923,136948,13695061156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O20202136876,136878177
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O2020113687148
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)220208136878,136892,136897,136899,136902,136904,136906,136923454
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O20202136897,13689956
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)22020113691071
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)202011368786417
Silver  (*)CopperAg202011369035186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)20208136878,136897,136899,136902,136904,136906,136909,1369232473
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O20201136923105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS20203136878,136881,13689421482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)220202136878,1369233337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO20205136882,136897,136899,136909,1369231101
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O20202136887,136890433
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O20204136878,136901,136941,136943484
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO420203136896,136897,136910303
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)20202136878,13692357
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO420209136896,136897,136899,136902,136906,136909,136910,136948,1369501655


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        3316Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USACourland Gleeson areaLang (2001) UBCMDRUSP2_1 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110090Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R110090

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