Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kartchner Caverns, Whetstone District, Whetstone Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 24975
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24975.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kartchner Caverns, Whetstone District, Whetstone Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°50'15"N
Longitude: 110°21'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.8375,-110.35416666667

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Corrensite	Corundum	Gypsum	Mica	None	Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite

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 Fe H K N Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K N Na O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Clay Corrensite Corundum Gypsum Mica None Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Brushite ()*	Calcite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nitrocalcite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rectorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Nitrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(NO₃)₂·4H₂O	46
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	471
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rectorite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Na,Ca)Al₄(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·2H₂O	49

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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