Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Malachite at Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 75Ma - 70Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
NAVDAT-39958	75	70				35482	85 Mine, Hillsboro District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Mineralization age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00104	75	75		Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	44124	Copper Flat, Hillsboro District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
NAVDAT-17959	25	23				48996	Boiler Peak, Taylor Creek Tin District (Black Range Tin District), Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-34232	20	0				248136	Warm Springs Canyon, Hillsboro, Hillsboro District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-39958	75	70				35482	85 Mine, Hillsboro District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT