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Locality Name:
Hilltop Mine (Hand Mine; Kasper Tunnel; Gray Mine; Dunn Shaft; Blacksmith Shaft; Rhem Adit), Rustler Park, California District, Chiricahua Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 26
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 5588
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5588.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hilltop Mine (Hand Mine; Kasper Tunnel; Gray Mine; Dunn Shaft; Blacksmith Shaft; Rhem Adit), Rustler Park, California District, Chiricahua Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°59'7"N
Longitude: 109°17'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.985277777778,-109.29027777778
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 As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDevillineEpidoteFluoriteGarnetGypsumMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSphalerite
SpinelWollastonite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)226003419
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS2600312
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)26002734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS26009052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)226005509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)62600359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)26004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O26003531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)42600951
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)26001025
Copper  (*)CopperCu26003846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)226009895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)26008173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF226009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS260024243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)326001544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O26006890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3260014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O26001689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)626001066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)626002228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4260014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2260012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl26001107
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO226003106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)26004894
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2600292
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)26002473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS260021482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)226002562
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO42600303
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO326001247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO426001655


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.


2 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."
MT1984_Tsuji_001262526-25     Yes  32163El Tigre Mine (Sampson Mine), Rustler Park, California District, Chiricahua Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAEl TigreTsuji (1984) MT1984_Tsujiage of initiation of Turkey Creek Caldera

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R040136Hilltop Mine (Hand Mine; Kasper Tunnel; Gray Mine; Dunn Shaft; Blacksmith Shaft; Rhem Adit), Rustler Park, California District, Chiricahua Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R040136

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