Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sunshine No. 4 Adit, Blanchard Mine (Portales-Blanchard Mine; Hansonburg Lead Mine; McCarthy Lead Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 34094
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34094.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sunshine No. 4 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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Fluorite	Gypsum
Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spangolite	Sphalerite

Antlerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spangolite ()*	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: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Cyanotrichite Fluorite Gypsum
Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spangolite Sphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	246
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	179
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	158
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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