Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sunshine No. 3 Adit, Blanchard Mine (Portales-Blanchard Mine; Hansonburg Lead Mine; McCarthy Lead Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 34093
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34093.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sunshine No. 3 Adit, Blanchard Mine (Portales-Blanchard Mine; Hansonburg Lead Mine; McCarthy Lead Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Caledonite	Corundum	Cyanotrichite	Fluorite	Linarite
Malachite	Murdochite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt

Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Brochantite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Linarite ()*	Murdochite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Caledonite Corundum Cyanotrichite Fluorite Linarite
Malachite Murdochite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	132
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	179
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Murdochite ()*	Murdochite	Cu₁₂Pb₂O₁₅Cl₂	34
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	454

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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