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Locality Name:
Dos Cabezas, Dos Cabezas (Two Heads) District, Dos Cabezas Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 47165
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47165.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dos Cabezas, Dos Cabezas (Two Heads) District, Dos Cabezas Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 36

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Central Copper Co. Group
Dos Cabezas Placers
Dos Cabezas Project (Gold Prince Mine; Henry Clay Mine; Pat Price Mine; Bain Mine; Murphy Mine; Basin Mine)
Dos Cabezas Queen Mine (Dos Cabezas Mine)
Ewell Spring Mine (Ewell Springs Mine)
First Chance Mine
Gold Ridge Mine (Casey Mine; Juniper Mine; Huntsman Mine)
Honey Dew Mine Group (Robinson & Hately Groups)
Howard Mine Group
LeRoy Mine Group
Mascot Mine Group (Bachelder Group; Tout Group)
Philadelphia Mine
William DeBorde Property

Latitude: 32°11'56"N
Longitude: 109°35'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.198888888889,-109.59111111111
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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmorphousAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeEpidoteGypsumMicaNonePyrite
PyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTalcTopaz

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sternbergite  (*)
Talc  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S0011366822793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)0011366822734
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4006136712,136713,136714,136715,136716,1367175516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)002136683,13670727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)0011366824979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O001136716925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS20019136680,136682,136686,136702,136703,136704,136705,136706,136707,136708,136709,136710,136711,136712,136713,136714,136715,136716,13671727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS0011366824165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)006136712,136713,136714,136715,136716,1367178173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS0020136682,136684,136686,136696,136702,136703,136704,136705,136706,136707,136708,136709,136710,136711,136712,136713,136714,136715,136716,13671724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)0011366827437
Gold  (*)CopperAu002136681,13668230554
Graphite  (*)NoneC004136682,136683,136684,1366862812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O0011366826890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3002136682,13670714640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60011366822228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4007136680,136712,136713,136714,136715,136716,13671714899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2002136682,13671917380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O0011366822994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS20022136680,136682,136683,136684,136685,136686,136702,136703,136704,136705,136706,136707,136708,136709,136710,136711,136712,136713,136714,136715,136716,13671739462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2001136682771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2002136682,13671961156
Silver  (*)CopperAg0011366825186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS0011136682,136702,136703,136704,136705,136706,136707,136708,136709,136710,13671121482
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S300113670762
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2005136713,136714,136715,136716,1367173337
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F20011367191476


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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