Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Bowie Area, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 44715
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44715.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bowie Area, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Grace Chabazite Mine (San Simon Creek; Grace 1-4 Claims)
San Simon Basin (San Simon River; Bowie Chabazite Deposit)
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 32°25'7"N
Longitude: 109°20'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.418611111111,-109.34638888889

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.

Analcime	Bismutite	Chabazite	Descloizite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Rocksalt	Rutile

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn N Na O Pb S Si Te V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Mn O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Bismutite Chabazite Descloizite Malachite Marcasite None Rocksalt Rutile

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Bismutite ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*	Darapskite ()*	Frohbergite ()*
Graphite ()*	Halite ()*	Kettnerite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Thénardite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	136564	1627
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	136566	716
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	136564	66
Darapskite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)(NO₃)·H₂O	1	136564	31
Frohbergite ()*	Marcasite	FeTe₂	1	136565	40
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	136564	1398
Kettnerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBiO(CO₃)F	1	136566	46
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	136566	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	136566	362
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	136564	299

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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