Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 33447
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33447.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Pearce Area
Pearce Hills
Turkey Creek

Latitude: 31°53'40"N
Longitude: 109°44'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.894444444444,-109.74972222222

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Descloizite	Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Turquoise ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 I K Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alunite Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Descloizite Epidote Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Tetrahedrite Turquoise Wurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	137342	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	137342	966
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1	137342	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	137334,137336,137342,137343,137344,137349	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	137342	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	137342	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	3	137336,137342,137347	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	137334,137342	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	137342	363
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	137336,137342,137344,137345	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	137342	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	137336,137342,137343,137344,137347	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	137342,137353	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	137342,137343	14640
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	1	137342	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	137342	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	137342	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	137334	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	137342	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	137342	5800
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	137334	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	137342	17380
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	137334	260
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	137342	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	137342	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	137341,137342,137343,137344	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	137342	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	137342,137344	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	137342	5186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	137342	5317
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	137348	484
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	137342	1655

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_554	Near-surface occurrence. Recently forming oxalate associated with cave deposits, in Cochise County, Arizona.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_554	0	0	Recent		Age of whewellite mineralization	high				Yes		Whewellite		15570	Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Cochise County	Hofmann and Bernasconi (1998)	10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00043-6	CG149_127	Described as "recent cave deposits."

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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