Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Primos Group Of Claims (Primos Mine), Dragoon, Cochise District, Little Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 33793
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33793.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Primos Group Of Claims (Primos Mine), Dragoon, Cochise District, Little Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bluebird Mine (Bluebird Mines; Tungsten Bluebird Mine; Bluebird Hill Mine; Primos Mine; Primos Group)
Dividend Tunnel (Bluebird Mine; Bluebird Hill)
Yankee Pride Mine (Yankee Pride Adit)

Latitude: 32°3'55"N
Longitude: 110°5'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.065277777778,-110.08583333333
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 Be Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu O Pb S W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBerylChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCorundumCovelliteFluoriteMicaNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetradymite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Ingodite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O180011370854286
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS200113708527198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS0004165
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF20011370859617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS00024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O300113708514640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)003137085,137086,137087469
Ingodite  (*)TetradymiteBi2TeS00113708530
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60011370852228
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)200113708517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS200113708539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO200113708561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)003137085,137086,1370874894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS00021482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)000156


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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