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Locality Name:
Black Diamond Peak, Middle Pass District, Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 274792
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274792.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Diamond Peak, Middle Pass District, Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Festerling Mine (Elsicor Mine; Cora Mine)
Standard Tungsten Mine (Head Center Mine; Black Prince Mine; Johnny Boy Mine; Johnnie Boy No. 1 Mine; Barite Prospect; Kreis Mine)

Latitude: 31°51'42"N
Longitude: 109°57'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.861666666667,-109.95027777778
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAmorphousAragoniteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteChloriteClay
ClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGarnetGypsumMalachiteMica
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteWollastonite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Powellite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S0011368092793
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O001136809470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)002136809,1368102734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6002136809,136810919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2002136809,1368105509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)002136809,13681011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)002136809,13681027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6001136809359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)0011368094979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2002136809,13681027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8001136809577
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0011368101025
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS0011368094165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)20011368099895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF20011368109617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS002136809,13681024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)0011368097437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)30011368101544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O0011368096890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O300113680914640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6002136809,1368101066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)200113680912537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)200113680917380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O0011368092994
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)001136810494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2002136809,13681039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S80011368099056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2002136809,13681061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2001136809454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)0011368104894
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)002136809,1368102473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS002136809,13681021482
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO30011368101247


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.


1 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."

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