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Locality Name:
Nacimiento Mountains District, Sandoval Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 220
Youngest recorded age at locality: 220

mindat Locality ID: 33138
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33138.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nacimiento Mountains District, Sandoval Co., New Mexico, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
A. D. Miller Mine
Arroyo Dedos Gordos
Bluebird Mine
Butler Bros. No. 1 Mine
Cecil-Hope Mine
Chalcocite Prospect
Cliff Mine
Collins Mine
Conglomerate Mine
Copper City Mine
Copper Glance Mine (Nacimiento Mine)
Dam Mine
Dennison-Bunn Claim
Eureka Mine
Goodner And Collins Leases
Jicarilla Apache Deposit
Kelley Mine
Lander Group (Crook Group)
Landon Mine
Los Pinos Canyon
San Miguel Mine
Senorita Mine
Taylor Deposit (Miller Deposit)

Latitude: 35°53'8"N
Longitude: 106°54'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.885555555556,-106.91305555556
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAragoniteAutuniteCalciteCopperCorundumCovelliteGypsumMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSpangoliteSphaleriteVivianite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Antlerite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bayleyite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Liebigite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)42202200246
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O22022001272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212466805509
Bayleyite  (*)NoneMg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18H2O124668238
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412466805516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3246673,246680,24668227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)22022004979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2202205246672,246675,246680,246683,2466905707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2202202246680,2466903531
Copper  (*)CopperCu22022003846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS22022004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12466792970
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3246671,246673,2466826890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32246680,24668214640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63246671,246673,2466892228
Liebigite  (*)NoneCa2(UO2)(CO3)3·11H2O124668278
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23246675,246680,24668312537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124668239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23246685,246687,2466923106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2220220061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg22022005186
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O2202200105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS220220021482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO22022001101
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O2202200636


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
sedcu-00709220220Triassic       Cu47726San Miguel Mine, Nacimiento Mountains District, Sandoval Co., New Mexico, USANacimientoCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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