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Locality Name:
Maid Of Sunshine Mine, Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 202
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 7904
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7904.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maid Of Sunshine Mine, Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°46'26"N
Longitude: 109°48'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.773888888889,-109.80888888889
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAndalusiteBrauniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcoalumiteClayCopperCovellite
CyanotrichiteDiasporeGypsumHydrotalciteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltSpangoliteTalcWoodwardite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Crednerite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Glaucocerinite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)Woodwardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O20200470
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)620200919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2202005509
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)20200483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6202001633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2020027770
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O2020091
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O20200197
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl202001382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O202003531
Copper  (*)CopperCu202003846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS202004165
Crednerite  (*)NoneCuMnO22020035
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O202002970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)220200179
Glaucocerinite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)2020020
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)202007437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O202006890
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)20200234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)220200987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22020012537
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O202002994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22020039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22020061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)220200454
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)202002473
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O20200105
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2202003337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO202001101
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)2020057


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."
UBCMDRUSP2_1_Copper_Belle01202200.6201.3±0.7     Yes  3316Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USACourland Gleeson areaLang (2001) UBCMDRUSP2_1 

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