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Locality Name:
Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 56557
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56557.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 135
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 113

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Tombstone District
Warren District

Latitude: 31°30'8"N
Longitude: 109°54'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.502222222222,-109.91611111111
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 As Au B Ba Bi Br C Ca Cd Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllargentumAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnthonyiteApatiteAragonite
ArgyroditeArsenicAtacamiteAuricuprideBaryteBerauniteBismutiteBixbyiteBotryogenBraunite
BrochantiteBrookiteBruciteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcoalumiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChlorite
ClaringbulliteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteConnelliteCopiapiteCopperCoquimbiteCoronaditeCorrensite
CorundumCovelliteCyanotrichiteDescloiziteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteEpsomite
FeldsparFluoriteFornaciteGarnetGermaniteGypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteJalpaiteJohannite
KaoliniteKieseriteKtenasiteLöllingiteLazuliteLepidocrociteLinariteLiroconiteMalachiteMarcasite
MelanteriteMeloniteMeneghiniteMetavoltineMicaMiniumMolybdeniteMurdochiteNatroliteNickeline
NolaniteNoneNot in a structural groupPavonitePharmacosideritePhenakitePlancheitePolybasitePrehnitePyrite
PyrochlorePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileRömeriteScapoliteScheeliteSengierite
SepioliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSouzaliteSpangoliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStannoiditeStarkeyite
StibniteSulphurTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteThomsoniteTitaniteTourmalineTurquoiseVesuvianite
VoltaiteWollastoniteWurtziteZippeiteZircon

294 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Allophane  (*)
Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Anhydrite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthonyite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Antlerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Atacamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Bayleyite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Beraunite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bianchite  (*)Bílinite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bixbyite  (*)Bogdanovite  (*)
Böhmite  (*)Boothite  (*)Bornite  (*)Botallackite  (*)Botryogen  (*)
Braunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Brookite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Buttgenbachite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cesàrolite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chalcosiderite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Claringbullite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Colusite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)
Coquimbite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crednerite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprocopiapite  (*)Cupropavonite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Devilline  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dioptase  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Eddavidite  (*)Edenite  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Eugenite  (*)
Famatinite  (*)Felsőbányaite  (*)Ferricopiapite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Fornacite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Gormanite  (*)Goslarite  (*)
Graemite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Groutite  (*)
Gunningite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Henryite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)
Hisingerite  (*)Hocartite  (*)Hodrušite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Hydrobasaluminite  (*)
Hydrobiotite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Halloysite-10Å  (*)Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Ilsemannite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Johannite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Kettnerite  (*)Kiddcreekite  (*)
Kornelite  (*)Kostovite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Kuramite  (*)
Langite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Lime  (*)
Linarite  (*)Liroconite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)
Meionite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Melonite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)
Microcline  (*)Miersite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Murdochite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nantokite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Nekrasovite  (*)Neltnerite  (*)Nolanite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Osarizawaite  (*)Paracoquimbite  (*)Paramelaconite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Paratellurite  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Plancheite  (*)
Plattnerite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)
Ransomite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodostannite  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)Rickardite  (*)
Römerite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorzalite  (*)
Sengierite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Shattuckite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siderotil  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Spertiniite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spionkopite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Stevensite  (*)
Stibiconite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Stützite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Susannite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Talc  (*)Teineite  (*)
Tellurite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Tilasite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tolbachite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranopilite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Variscite  (*)Velikite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Volkonskoite  (*)Voltaite  (*)Volynskite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Yarrowite  (*)Zincobotryogen  (*)
Zincocopiapite  (*)Zippeite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S200.702137152,1371722793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2200.7011371523419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS31801802137152,137172315
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS200.71804137152,137163,137201,137216312
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O200.703137152,137224,137229470
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe200.702137152,137172489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6200.71804137152,137176,137206,137224966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2200.7011371522162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3200.7011371521534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)200.7019137152,137163,137165,137169,137172,137200,137201,137208,137218,137220,137223,137228,137233,137235,137253,137257,137260,137264,1372722734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)200.7011371521588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)200.7011371521036
Anthonyite  (*)AnthonyiteCu(OH)2·3H2O18018011371766
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4200.701137152708
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)418003137152,137218,137253246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)200.705137151,137152,137172,137216,1372293250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs200.701137152379
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)318002137229,137257544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61801807137151,137152,137176,137216,137217,137218,137229919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2200.7014137151,137152,137163,137172,137176,137206,137216,137217,137218,137225,137228,137229,137253,1372575509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)200.7013137150,137151,137152,137186,137198,137201,137203,137206,137209,137229,137253,137257,13727611547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)21801802137152,137229172
Bayleyite  (*)NoneMg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18H2O200.702137152,13717638
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)61801802137152,137229132
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O200.701137151136
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6200.702137152,137229413
Bianchite  (*)HexahydriteZn(SO4)·6H2O200.70113715240
Bílinite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·22H2O0.0102137152,13720116
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7200.702137152,137172450
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3200.702137152,137172214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi200.702137152,1371721966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3200.702137152,1371721935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)200.702137152,137172716
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O3200.702137152,137228104
Bogdanovite  (*)Auricupride(Au,Te,Pb)3(Cu,Fe)1801802137152,13717211
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)200.701137152195
Boothite  (*)MelanteriteCu(SO4)·7H2O180180113722918
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4200.7035137151,137152,137162,137163,137165,137168,137169,137172,137176,137181,137186,137189,137190,137198,137201,137206,137208,137209,137218,137220,137223,137225,137228,137229,137233,137234,137235,137246,137253,137257,137260,137264,137272,137275,1372805516
Botallackite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3180180113722949
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O200.702137152,13717245
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)200.706137152,137190,137201,137203,137280,137281483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6200.7010137151,137152,137163,137172,137176,137206,137216,137228,137253,1372571633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr200.703137152,137176,137228227
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2200.701137152700
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2200.702137152,137217462
Buttgenbachite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(NO3)2Cl8(OH)62·nH2O180180113717613
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2200.702137152,137172361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)200.7023137151,137152,137168,137172,137176,137181,137190,137197,137198,137201,137203,137204,137206,137216,137217,137218,137228,137229,137243,137250,137274,137280,13728127770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS6200.702137152,13717291
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O200.71804137176,137206,137218,13722588
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2200.702137152,1371725171
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2200.701137152309
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)200.708137151,137152,137172,137199,137200,137207,137228,1372294979
Cesàrolite  (*)NonePbMn4+3O6(OH)2200.702137151,13715227
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O200.71804137152,137163,137206,137216925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O200.71806137152,137206,137216,137217,137218,13722591
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S200.7035137152,137163,137165,137169,137172,137174,137176,137181,137186,137189,137190,137198,137200,137201,137203,137206,137208,137209,137216,137218,137220,137223,137225,137228,137229,137233,137235,137246,137249,137253,137257,137260,137264,137272,1372805707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O200.703137152,137176,137229197
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O1801802137152,137163194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2200.7031137151,137152,137163,137169,137172,137186,137189,137190,137198,137200,137201,137204,137206,137208,137216,137218,137220,137223,137225,137228,137229,137233,137235,137243,137246,137253,137257,137260,137264,137272,13728027198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1801803137152,137176,13722877
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8200.702137151,137152577
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl200.705137152,137163,137172,137176,1372281382
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4200.7011371523902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O200.718010137151,137152,137163,137206,137216,137217,137218,137225,137228,1372293531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4200.701137152951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS16316311371522600
Claringbullite  (*)ClaringbulliteCu2+4FCl(OH)61801803137152,137176,13722913
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8200.704137152,137160,137176,1372461756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)200.702137151,1371521025
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S161801802137152,137172110
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)18006137152,137201,137203,137229,137257,137281363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1801809137151,137152,137163,137176,137208,137216,137217,137228,137229295
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O200.71804137163,137172,137202,137216382
Copper  (*)CopperCu200.7018137151,137152,137163,137172,137176,137199,137206,137208,137216,137217,137218,137220,137223,137225,137228,137229,137246,1372633846
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O200.71804137163,137172,137201,137216136
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16200.703137152,137280,137281227
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5200.701137172344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1801807137152,137163,137172,137176,137201,137203,1372044165
Crednerite  (*)NoneCuMnO218002137152,13724635
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16200.702137152,137190599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O200.7016137151,137152,137163,137172,137176,137189,137206,137208,137216,137217,137218,137223,137225,137228,137229,1372632970
Cuprocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteCu2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O180180113716312
Cupropavonite  (*)PavoniteCu0.9Ag0.5Pb0.6Bi2.5S51801802137152,13717218
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)21801802137151,137152179
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O21801805137152,137163,137176,137216,137229144
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)200.704137152,137225,137228,137229378
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O18002137152,137267366
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)200.7197.33137151,137152,137206481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4200.7197.32137152,137206651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1801803137151,137152,1371721027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6200.702137151,1371524135
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O1801802137152,137228164
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S1618005137151,137152,137172,137253,137257300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2200.704137151,137152,137229,1372829895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)200.701137152648
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)200.701137152180
Eddavidite  (*)MurdochiteCu12Pb2O15Br21801802137152,1372291
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2200.702137152,137208160
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS21801802137152,137172246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4200.71803137152,137172,137206910
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6200.701137152944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)200.705137152,137204,137206,137224,1372468173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O200.702137151,137152484
Eugenite  (*)NoneAg11Hg21631632137152,13722917
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS41801802137152,137172163
Felsőbányaite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O200.702137218,13721966
Ferricopiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe3+0.67Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O200.702137152,13717241
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O200.7197.32137152,137206345
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O200.702137152,137228107
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2200.707137152,137201,137203,137204,137239,137255,1372789617
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)180180113722885
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121801802137152,137172663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS200.7013137150,137152,137163,137172,137176,137196,137201,137206,137207,137223,137239,137240,13726324243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3200.703137152,137206,137225504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)200.7010137151,137152,137176,137216,137217,137225,137228,137229,137253,1372577437
Gold  (*)CopperAu200.7011137151,137152,137172,137176,137195,137197,137228,137235,137253,137257,13726330554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S131801802137152,13717272
Gormanite  (*)SouzaliteFe2+3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O200.70113715223
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O200.701137151188
Graemite  (*)NoneCu2+(Te4+O3)·H2O1801803137152,137176,1372286
Graphite  (*)NoneC200.702137151,1371522812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS200.702137151,137152717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3200.702137151,1371521544
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)200.70113717272
Gunningite  (*)KieseriteZn(SO4)·H2O200.70113715248
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O200.705137151,137152,137176,137216,1372676890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0.0102137152,137201409
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4200.702137152,137280350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3200.7011137152,137172,137196,137201,137203,137204,137206,137228,137229,137253,13725714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O200.704137151,137152,137176,1372291689
Henryite  (*)None(Cu,Ag)3+xTe2 (x~0.4)1801802137152,1371724
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te200.702137152,137172804
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4200.705137152,137163,137172,137176,13728073
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O200.702137152,137172251
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O200.701137152144
Hocartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2FeSnS4200.702137152,13717231
Hodrušite  (*)NoneCu8Bi12S221801802137152,13717228
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)200.703137176,137280,137281469
Hydrobasaluminite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·15H2O200.702137218,13721912
Hydrobiotite  (*)Corrensite ClayK(Mg,Fe2+)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·nH2O200.70113715149
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2200.702137152,137207201
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O200.70113722962
Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Pyrochlore   2Al2F6(H2O)200.703137152,137228,13722956
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6200.7011371521066
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)16302137152,137278123
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI200.702137152,137172180
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4200.701137190172
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS21801802137152,137172116
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6200.703137152,137224,1372282228
Johannite  (*)JohanniteCu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·8H2O180180113717669
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4200.706137152,137163,137206,137208,137216,1372245591
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS41801802137152,13717282
Kettnerite  (*)BismutiteCaBiO(CO3)F200.702137152,13717246
Kiddcreekite  (*)NoneCu6WSnS81801803137152,137172,1371769
Kornelite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+2(SO4)3·7H2O (?)1801802137152,13721621
Kostovite  (*)NoneAuCuTe41801802137152,13717221
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe8200.702137152,137172111
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O1801802137152,13717275
Kuramite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SnS41801802137152,13717212
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1801802137151,137152593
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O200.702137151,1371521271
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2200.703137152,137172,137176265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)200.703137151,137152,137229581
Lime  (*)RocksaltCaO200.702137152,13717211
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)218003137152,137253,137257987
Liroconite  (*)LiroconiteCu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4·4H2O200.7197.3113720618
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS41801802137152,137163198
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)200.702137152,1372261487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4200.7197.32137152,13720614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2200.7019137151,137152,137163,137172,137176,137203,137204,137206,137208,137216,137217,137218,137223,137225,137228,137229,137253,137257,13728012537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)200.701137152770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2200.7011371525674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2200.702137152,137172252
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS81801802137152,13717292
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)200.701137218176
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O200.703137151,137152,137202915
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2200.702137152,137172207
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1801801137176443
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O200.702137152,13717278
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)200.702137151,1371524924
Miersite  (*)SphaleriteAgI200.702137152,13722910
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl200.704137152,137172,137176,1372281107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4200.701137152247
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21801803137151,137152,1371745800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)1801804137152,137172,137201,137228362
Murdochite  (*)MurdochiteCu12Pb2O15Cl21801805137151,137152,137201,137228,13722934
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2200.707137151,137152,137174,137206,137213,137224,13726517380
Nantokite  (*)SphaleriteCuCl1801802137172,13722935
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O200.7011371521236
Nekrasovite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13VSn3S161801802137152,13717211
Neltnerite  (*)BrauniteCaMn3+6O8(SiO4)200.703137152,137280,1372818
Nolanite  (*)NolaniteV3+8Fe3+2O14(OH)2200.70113717219
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O200.7011371522994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)200.7011371522349
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)61801802137152,13722864
Paracoquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteFe3+4(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O200.703137163,137172,13720130
Paramelaconite  (*)NoneCu1+2Cu2+2O31801803137152,137216,13721813
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)618006137152,137176,137218,137229,137253,137257158
Paratellurite  (*)RutileTeO2200.702137152,13717220
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]1801802137152,137172249
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2200.702137152,137172409
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O200.7197.33137151,137152,137206428
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O200.702137152,137228265
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O180180113715274
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2200.704137151,137152,137228,137229158
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6200.702137228,137229477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1801801137152716
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)16302137152,137277494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2200.702137152,1371761898
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41801801137152369
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3200.7011371521425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2200.7043137151,137152,137162,137163,137165,137168,137169,137172,137174,137176,137181,137185,137186,137189,137190,137197,137200,137201,137202,137204,137206,137208,137209,137216,137217,137218,137220,137223,137228,137229,137233,137234,137235,137237,137243,137246,137250,137253,137257,137260,137263,137272,13728039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2200.703137152,137168,1372013106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl200.704137152,137228,137253,1372571725
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3200.701137152341
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2200.703137152,137206,137276771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8200.702137152,1372259056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2200.7011137151,137152,137172,137197,137203,137207,137225,137228,137253,137257,13726361156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2200.702137152,137229233
Ransomite  (*)NoneCuFe3+2(SO4)4·6H2O1801803137152,137172,1371765
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)0.0102137152,1372011711
Rhodostannite  (*)SpinelCu1+(Fe2+0.5Sn4+1.5)S41801802137152,13717210
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O200.705137152,137163,137172,137216,13721753
Rickardite  (*)NoneCu3-xTe21801804137152,137162,137163,13717252
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O200.71805137152,137172,137176,137202,137216115
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21801804137151,137152,137218,137229454
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2200.702137152,137172253
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O1801802137152,137216293
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te4200.702137152,13717264
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2200.703137152,137213,1372245614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)200.701137152598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)200.703137152,137176,1372784894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)200.7011372132705
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2002137253,13725760
Sengierite  (*)SengieriteCu2(UO2)2(VO4)2(OH)2·6H2O180180113717611
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O200.701137152241
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)218003137152,137228,13725771
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)200.703137151,137152,1371726417
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O200.702137152,13723684
Silver  (*)CopperAg200.707137152,137163,137172,137176,137217,137218,1372285186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)200.703137151,137152,1371722473
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O1801805137152,137176,137216,137217,137229105
Spertiniite  (*)NoneCu(OH)2180180113715217
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3200.702137152,1371761214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS200.7011137152,137163,137172,137202,137206,137220,137229,137237,137253,137257,13726321482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S2818004137152,137172,137253,13725773
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41801803137151,137152,137172668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S121801802137152,13717280
Stevensite  (*)Clay(Ca,Na)xMg3-ySi4O10(OH)2200.703137152,137218,13721957
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)200.702137152,137176446
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)200.702137152,137172156
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS200.71804137152,137172,137176,137206332
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)200.702137152,13717292
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS200.7197.33137152,137163,1372062045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2200.70113715299
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4200.702137152,137172337
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O200.7197.32137152,137206139
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2200.7011371523337
Teineite  (*)NoneCu2+(Te4+O3)·2H2O1801803137152,137176,13722814
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO2200.702137152,13717252
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe200.702137152,137172190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3200.702137152,137172276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131801802137152,1371721803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1801809137151,137152,137163,137208,137216,137217,137218,137223,1372281101
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S200.702137152,137172510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13200.71804137152,137172,137176,1372065317
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O200.702137151,137152452
Tilasite  (*)TitaniteCaMg(AsO4)F200.703137152,137280,13728134
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O200.702137151,1371524899
Tolbachite  (*)NoneCuCl21801802137152,1372293
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O18018011371631059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2200.705137151,137152,137208,137218,1372252562
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O200.71804137152,137176,137206,137225484
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O200.703137152,137172,137176628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21801803137151,137152,1372162718
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O200.70113717694
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl200.701137152605
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O200.702137152,137176301
Velikite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2HgSnS41631632137152,1371725
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10200.7011371521395
Volkonskoite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteCa0.3(Cr,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O200.702137152,13717222
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O200.71804137152,137172,137176,137216111
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe2200.702137152,13717264
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4200.702137152,137172303
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS318003137152,137172,137275297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3200.702137152,1372181247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41631633137152,137172,1371761655
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S818004137152,137172,137253,13725770
Zincobotryogen  (*)BotryogenZnFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O200.702137151,1371527
Zincocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteZnFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O200.70113720211
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)4200.701137176175
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)200.704137151,137152,137213,1372365251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)200.702137151,1371521025


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.


8 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?-?     Cinnabar, Eugenite, VelikiteHg3296Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA Lowell (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.5.601EG69_601 
Mo-00052163163163?-?     Ferrimolybdite, Powellite, WulfeniteMo3296Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA Lowell (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.5.601EG69_601 
PorphCu-00009180180180      Alunite, 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 
ree-000670.010Holocene        3303Higgins Mine (Higgins Tunnel), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAHigginsOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
UBCMDRUSP2_1_Bisbee01200.7199.1199.9±0.8 initial intrusion related to mineralization      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      3304Lavender Open Pit Mine (Lavender Pit), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USABisbee areaLang (2001) UBCMDRUSP2_1 
sedznpb-00447180180180        3318Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USABisbeeSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060426Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060426
R060752Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060752
R160066Calumet And Arizona Mine (Junction Mine; Junction Shaft), Calumet And Arizona Group Of Claims (Calumet And Arizona Mining Company Group Of Claims), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R160066
R050403Cole Mine (Cole Shaft; Cole No. 3), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050403
R100207Cole Mine (Cole Shaft; Cole No. 3), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R100207
R070520Cole Mine (Cole Shaft; Cole No. 3), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070520
R100206Cole Mine (Cole Shaft; Cole No. 3), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R100206
R050506Higgins Mine (Higgins Tunnel), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050506
R050384Lavender Open Pit Mine (Lavender Pit), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050384
R090016Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R090016
R090062Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R090062
X060006Czar Mine (Czar Shaft), Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/X060006
R060133Shattuck Mine (Shattuck-Denn Mine; Shattuck-Arizona Mine; Denn Mine), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060133
R060503Shattuck Mine (Shattuck-Denn Mine; Shattuck-Arizona Mine; Denn Mine), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060503
R110007Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R110007
R050381Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050381

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