Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Tularosa District, Otero Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1

mindat Locality ID: 33127
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33127.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tularosa District, Otero Co., New Mexico, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bent
Coyote Prospect
Valmont
Virginia Mine

Latitude: 33°7'57"N
Longitude: 105°53'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.1325,-105.89694444444

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Digenite	Gypsum	Malachite	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mirabilite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au C Ca Cu Fe Mo O S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Digenite Gypsum Malachite Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	1	1	246262	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	1	1	246262	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	1	1	246262	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	1	0		27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	1	1	246262	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	1	1	246262	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	1	0		3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	1	0		2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	1	0		1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	1	1	246262	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	1	0		30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	1	1	246258	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	1	0		5433
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	1	1	246262	12537
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	1	1	246261	223
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	1	0		5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	1	1	246262	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	1	0		61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	1	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	1	0		21482

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
	sedcu-00737	1	1	Quaternary										Cu	33127	Tularosa District, Otero Co., New Mexico, USA	Tularosa	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...