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Locality Name:
Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 200.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 53488
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53488.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Sacramento Pit (Sacramento Mine)
Sacramento Stock Area

Latitude: 31°26'12"N
Longitude: 109°54'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.436666666667,-109.90555555556
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmphiboleCalciteChalcoalumiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCyanotrichite
DescloiziteDiasporeEpidoteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupQuartz
RutileTurquoise

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Alunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)
Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Tremolite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O200.700470
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61801800966
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)218018011372255509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS418018011372255516
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O180180113722588
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O180180113722591
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S18018011372255707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2180180113722527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O18018011372253531
Copper  (*)CopperCu18018011372253846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O18018011372252970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)200.701137225378
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)18018008173
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3200.701137225504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)200.7011372257437
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6200.7002228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4200.7005591
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)200.7011372261487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2180180113722512537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2200.70017380
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8200.7011372259056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2200.70113722561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2200.7005614
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2200.7011372252562
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1801801137225484


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.


7 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."
Hg-00031163163163?-?    YesCinnabar, Eugenite, VelikiteHg3296Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA Lowell (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.5.601EG69_601 
Mo-00052163163163?-?    YesFerrimolybdite, Powellite, WulfeniteMo3296Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA Lowell (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.5.601EG69_601 
PorphCu-00009180180180     YesAlunite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Diaspore, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sphalerite, StromeyeriteCu188011Cochise Project (East Lavender Ore Body), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USABisbeeSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
UBCMDRUSP2_1_Bisbee01200.7199.1199.9±0.8 initial intrusion related to mineralization   Yes  3304Lavender Open Pit Mine (Lavender Pit), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USABisbee areaLang (2001) UBCMDRUSP2_1 
UBCMDRUSP2_1_Bisbee02200.5197.3198.9±1.6 not thought to be the source of mineralization   Yes  3304Lavender Open Pit Mine (Lavender Pit), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USABisbee areaLang (2001) UBCMDRUSP2_1 
sedznpb-00447180180180     Yes  3318Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USABisbeeSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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