Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pedernal Hills, Torrance Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1471.017
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1470.983

mindat Locality ID: 244764
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244764.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pedernal Hills, Torrance Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°50'42"N
Longitude: 105°38'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.845,-105.64416666667

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Staurolite

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 C Cu Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu Fe H K O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Staurolite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Staurolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1471.017	1470.983	27198
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1471.017	1470.983	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1471.017	1470.983	1507
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1471.017	1470.983	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1471.017	1470.983	17380
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1471.017	1470.983	978

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000106	biotite granite

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
	Jen_0000106	1471.017	1470.983	1471±0.017	Rb-Sr										244764	Pedernal Hills, Torrance Co., New Mexico, USA	Pedernal Biotite Granite, New Mexico	Anderson (1983)	10.1130/MEM161-p133	GSAM161_133	anorogenic

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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