Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Holt Gulch Prospects, Wilcox District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 31.24
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23

mindat Locality ID: 34682
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34682.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Holt Gulch Prospects, Wilcox District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Goat Corral Canyon Prospect
Goddard Canyon Prospect
Holt Tunnel
Liberty Bell No. 1 Claim
Lone Star No. 2 Claim
Lone Star No. 7 Claim
Lone Star No. 7 Prospect
Moose Group
Red Shaft Prospect
Thunderhead Claim
Unnamed Prospects
Wilcox Prospects

Latitude: 33°17'22"N
Longitude: 108°47'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.289444444444,-108.79833333333

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sulphur

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 F Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Fluorite Kaolinite None Pyrite Quartz Sulphur

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Dickite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	31.24	25.56	2	244302,244306	27770
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	244300	651
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	31.24	23	10	244301,244302,244303,244304,244305,244306,244307,244308,244309,244311	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	244310	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	31.24	25.56	2	244302,244311	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	31.24	25.56	4	244302,244304,244307,244310	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	244311	2045

2 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
	NAVDAT-31497	31.24	25.56	28.4±2.84					31497						51392	Holt Tunnel, Holt Gulch Prospects, Wilcox District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-17919	30	23	27.4+2.6/-4.4					17919						34686	Red Shaft Prospect, Holt Gulch Prospects, Wilcox District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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