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Locality Name:
Gordon Camp, Middle Pass District, Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 48578
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48578.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gordon Camp, Middle Pass District, Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
San Juan Mine (San Juan Group; Gordon Mine; Mann Adit; Sulphide Adit; Silver Adit)

Latitude: 31°52'58"N
Longitude: 109°58'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.882777777778,-109.98277777778
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: Al Be Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteBaryteBerylCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumDevilline
EpidoteFluoriteGarnetGypsumKobelliteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelWurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Eclarite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Opal  (*)Powellite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Serpierite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)30001534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)0011368322734
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O180011368324286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)00113683227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)0011368324979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS200113683227198
Eclarite  (*)Kobellite(Cu,Fe)Pb9Bi12S2800018
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0011368328173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF20011368329617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS00113683224243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS001136832717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O0011368326890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6001136832741
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S001136832237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O300113683214640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O0011368321689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)60011368321066
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O400014899
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O0011368322994
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)001136832494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS200113683239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO200113683261156
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O001136832292
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)0011368322473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS00113683221482
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO40011368321655


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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