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Locality Name:
Johnny Lyon Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 40755
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-40755.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Johnny Lyon Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Northeast Flank Of Johnny Lyon Hills
Tres Alamos Wash
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 32°6'41"N
Longitude: 110°11'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.111388888889,-110.18666666667

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 As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H I K Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Fe H Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
DescloiziteDiasporeFornaciteMalachiteMeneghiniteMicaNadoriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrochlore
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSpinelTetrahedriteTourmalineWurtzite

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Dioptase  (*)Duftite  (*)Fornacite  (*)Friedrichite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydroxycalcioroméite  (*)
Iodargyrite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nordströmite  (*)Perite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)
Powellite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Stetefeldtite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)0011370522734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)20011370525509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)00113705211547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7001137052450
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)00113705227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)0011370524979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS200113705227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl0011370521382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O0011370523531
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)001137052378
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O001137052164
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)001137052220
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)00113705285
Friedrichite  (*)MeneghiniteCu5Pb5Bi7S1800113705043
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS00113705224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)0011370527437
Gold  (*)CopperAu00113705230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O300113705214640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O0011370521689
Hydroxycalcioroméite  (*)Pyrochlore(Ca,Sb3+)2(Sb5+,Ti)2O6(OH)00113705211
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI001137052180
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2001137052265
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O400113705214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)200113705212537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl0011370521107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)001137052362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)200113705217380
Nordströmite  (*)NonePb3CuBi7(S,Se)140011370503
Perite  (*)NadoritePbBiO2Cl00113705227
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl00113705271
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)001137052494
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO200113705261156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2001137052454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)0011370524894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0002705
Silver  (*)CopperAg0011370525186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)0011370522473
Stetefeldtite  (*)PyrochloreAg2Sb2(O,OH)700113705322
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)001137052446
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13002137052,1370535317
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl001137052605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO40011370521655



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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