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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

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: Al C Ca F Fe H O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayCorundumFluoriteKaoliniteNonePyriteQuartzSulphur

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Dickite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)31.2425.562244302,24430627770
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41244300651
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF231.242310244301,244302,244303,244304,244305,244306,244307,244308,244309,2443119617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124431014640
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS231.2425.562244302,24431139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO231.2425.564244302,244304,244307,24431061156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12443112045



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
NAVDAT-3149731.2425.5628.4±2.84   31497    51392Holt Tunnel, Holt Gulch Prospects, Wilcox District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-17919302327.4+2.6/-4.4   17919    34686Red Shaft Prospect, Holt Gulch Prospects, Wilcox District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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