Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 34469
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34469.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Extension Mine
Glove Mine Group (Zombie & Zeco Claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith Adit)
John Allen Mine

Latitude: 31°39'39"N
Longitude: 110°56'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.660833333333,-110.94055555556

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite	Clinozoisite	Coronadite
Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Epidote	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chenevixite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hedyphane ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*	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: Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Clinozoisite Coronadite
Corundum Covellite Descloizite Epidote Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	147038,147039	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	147039	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	147038,147039	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	147038,147039	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	147038,147039,147042	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	1	147039	90
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	147039	3531
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	147039	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	147038,147039	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	147039	599
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	147039	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	147038,147039	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	147038,147039	6890
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	147039	350
Hedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	147039	48
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	147038,147039	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	147039	1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	147038	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	147039	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	147039	770
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	2	147038,147039	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	147039	362
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	1	147039	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	147038,147039,147042	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	147039	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	147038,147039	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	147039	1711
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	147039	454
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	147039	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	147038,147039	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	147038,147039	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	2	147038,147039	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	147039	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	147038,147039	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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