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Locality Name:
Juniper Flats, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 33194
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33194.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Juniper Flats, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Hancock-Daly Mine
Stout Mine (Stout Prospect)
Sure Thing Mine
Unnamed Prospects

Latitude: 31°29'13"N
Longitude: 109°58'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.486944444444,-109.97472222222
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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu H O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteApatiteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeFluorite
LazuliteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSphalerite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Djurleite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scorzalite  (*)Shattuckite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spionkopite  (*)
Yarrowite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)0011372572734
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4000246
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3001137257544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)20011372575509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)00113725711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS40011372575516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)60011372571633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S0011372575707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS200113725727198
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)001137257363
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16001137257300
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF20011372559617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)0011372577437
Gold  (*)CopperAu00113725730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O300113725714640
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2001137257987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)200113725712537
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6001137257158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS200113725739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl0011372571725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO200113725761156
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)200113725760
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)200113725771
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS00113725721482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S2800113725773
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S800113725770


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.


1 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."

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