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Locality Name:
Grand Central Mine, Contention-Grand Central Mine Group, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 3389
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3389.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grand Central Mine, Contention-Grand Central Mine Group, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°42'9"N
Longitude: 110°3'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.7025,-110.06194444444
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 Au C Cl Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Te Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au C Cl Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Te Ti W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAragoniteBackiteCopperNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRaspite
RocksaltSchieffelinite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Anatase  (*)Backite  (*)Bairdite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Emmonsite  (*)Fairbankite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Oboyerite  (*)Opal  (*)Ottoite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Raspite  (*)Rodalquilarite  (*)Schieffelinite  (*)Silver  (*)
Winstanleyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe14500489
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2145002162
Backite  (*)BackitePb2AlTeO6Cl145001
Bairdite  (*)Not in a structural groupPb2Cu2+4Te6+2O10(OH)2(SO4)·H2O145004
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)145004979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl145001382
Emmonsite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)3·2H2O1450034
Fairbankite  (*)NonePb2+12(Te4+O3)11(SO4)145001
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1450024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1450030554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6145002228
Oboyerite  (*)NoneH6Pb6(Te4+O3)3(Te6+O6)2·2H2O145004
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O145002994
Ottoite  (*)Not in a structural groupPb2TeO5145005
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21450039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21450061156
Raspite  (*)RaspitePb(WO4)1450026
Rodalquilarite  (*)NoneH3Fe3+2(Te4+O3)4Cl145006
Schieffelinite  (*)SchieffelinitePb10Te6+6O20(OH)14(SO4)(H2O)5145004
Silver  (*)CopperAg145005186
Winstanleyite  (*)NoneTiTe4+3O8145002


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.


7 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."
EG94_211-000557676 Pb-Pb whole rock?T11 Yes  19445Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USATombstoneBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-000567676 Pb-Pb whole rock?T21 Yes  19445Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USATombstoneBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-000577272 Pb-Pb whole rock?T32 Yes  19445Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USATombstoneBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00058666666Pb-Pb whole rock?T44 Yes  19445Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USATombstoneBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
Mo-001807666 U-Th-Pb?, Pb-Pb?    YesMolybdofornacite, WulfeniteMo19445Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USATombstone VolcanicsBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_21176-66 Ma is the age range of volcanics at Tombstone including Bronco Volcanics (76 Ma), Schieffelin Granodiorite (76 Ma), Rhyodacite stock (72 Ma), and Tombstone Rhyolite (66 Ma).
sedznpb-004971452.6Cretaceous–Tertiary     Yes  19445Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USATombstoneSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R130126Grand Central Mine, Contention-Grand Central Mine Group, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130126
R130514Grand Central Mine, Contention-Grand Central Mine Group, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130514

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