Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Sunshine No. 6 Adit, Blanchard Mine (Portales-Blanchard Mine; Hansonburg Lead Mine; McCarthy Lead Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 34095
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34095.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sunshine No. 6 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.

Baryte	Fluorite	Murdochite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spangolite

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 H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Fluorite Murdochite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spangolite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Murdochite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spangolite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Murdochite ()*	Murdochite	Cu₁₂Pb₂O₁₅Cl₂	34
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	158
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	105
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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