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Locality Name:
Yellowstone District, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 33222
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33222.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yellowstone District, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
American Mine (American Shaft; War Eagle Mine; La Vantia Mine; La Ventia Mine)
Inez Ellen Prospect
Lechequilla Peak
Little Christmas Mine
Lower Deer Creek
San Jose Prospects (Gold Mine Ridge)
Tip Top No. 1 Prospect
Unnamed Au Prospect (Arizona State Land Department Mineral Lease Nos. 33783; 4394; & 4395)
Unnamed Cu Prospect (1)
Unnamed Cu Prospect (7)
Unnamed Cu Prospect (8)
Unnamed Cu Prospects (6)
Unnamed Mo-W Prospect

Latitude: 32°12'21"N
Longitude: 110°16'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.205833333333,-110.27083333333
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiaspore
FeldsparFluoriteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteSpinel

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Anatase  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)0011375768803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O001137576470
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO20011375762162
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)00113757611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS40011375825516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)002137576,13758227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)0011375824979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S002137576,1375875707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2003137576,137581,13758227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O003137576,137582,1375873531
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)20011375769895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF20011375769617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS003137576,137581,13758224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)002137576,1375827437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3002137576,13758214640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O0011375821689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60011375762228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4002137576,13758214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2004137576,137582,137584,13758712537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2004137576,137582,137584,13758817380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O0011375762994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2004137576,137581,137584,13758839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2002137576,13758261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)0011375884894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS00113758121482
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO40011375881655


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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