Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dragoon, Cochise District, Little Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 54439
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54439.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dragoon, Cochise District, Little Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Dragoon Project
Empire Copper And Gold Mining Co. Property (Unnamed Cu-Ag-W Prospects)
Empire Mines
Gilbert Claims
Jordan Canyon
Keystone Mine (Hagerman Mine; Hagerman Shaft; Bannon Group)
Primos Group Of Claims (Primos Mine)
Princes And Cowboy Workings (Gold Coin Mine; Old Bridge Shaft)
Princess Group
Southern Pacific Railway Station Area
Texas Canyon Area
Unnamed Ag Mine
Unnamed W Prospect [1]
Unnamed W Prospect [2]
Unnamed W Prospect [3]
Unnamed W Prospects [4]
Unnamed W-Cu Prospect

Latitude: 32°2'39"N
Longitude: 110°3'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.044166666667,-110.06388888889

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Fornacite	Malachite	Mica	Minium	Molybdenite	None	Phenakite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fornacite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ingodite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Minium ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Plattnerite ()*
Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Willemite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Te V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Brochantite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Fornacite Malachite Mica Minium Molybdenite None Phenakite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	137082	3419
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	137091	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	137096,137097	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	137097	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	137085,137091	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	137077,137079,137083	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	137097	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	137097	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	137096,137097	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	137083,137097	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	137077,137079,137083,137084,137085,137096,137097	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	137097	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	137084,137096	4165
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	137080	67
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	137082,137083	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	137091	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	137084,137085,137096,137097	9617
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	1	137097	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	137077,137079,137084,137091,137096,137097	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	137097	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	137097	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	137085,137096,137097	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	10	137084,137085,137086,137087,137090,137091,137094,137095,137096,137097	469
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	137096	1066
Ingodite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂TeS	1	137085	30
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	137085,137096,137097	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	137082	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	137096,137097	12537
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	1	137097	247
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	137083	5800
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	137097	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	137084,137085,137096,137097	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	137097	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	137091	2349
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	1	137097	158
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	137096	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	137083,137085,137096,137097	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	137091	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	137084,137085,137096,137097	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	12	137077,137079,137080,137083,137084,137085,137086,137087,137094,137095,137096,137097	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	137083,137084,137096	21482
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	3	137084,137096,137097	156
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	137091	510
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	137083	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	137091	1395
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	137097	303
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	137091	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	137097	1655
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	137082	1025

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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