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Locality Name:
Charleston, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 46387
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46387.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Charleston, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bradshaw Mine
Mary Jo Mine Group

Latitude: 31°39'24"N
Longitude: 110°9'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.656666666667,-110.15416666667
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 C Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Si V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Si V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteCaledoniteChalcopyrite
DescloiziteFornaciteLinariteMalachiteNonePyriteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSulphur

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Brackebuschite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Galena  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdofornacite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tenorite  (*)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)83.668.402734
Brackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH)83.668.4015
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)683.668.401633
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)683.668.40359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)83.668.404979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS283.668.4027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl145011373961382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O83.668.403531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS83.668.4024243
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)683.668.402228
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)283.668.40265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)283.668.40987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)283.668.4012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl83.668.401107
Molybdofornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(MoO4)(AsO4)(OH)83.668.4017
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)83.668.40362
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)83.668.40492
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO283.668.40158
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)683.668.40477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS283.668.4039462
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS145011373992045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO83.668.401101
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl83.668.40605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO483.668.401655


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.


8 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 
NAVDAT-3005983.668.476±7.6   30059    46387Charleston, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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