Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bernalillo Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1437.017
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1401

mindat Locality ID: 16157
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16157.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bernalillo Co., New Mexico, USA": 40
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Albuquerque
Cerro Colorado
Isleta Pueblo
Placitas District
Rio Puerco Valley
Sandia Mts.
Soda Springs District
Tijeras Canyon District
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 35°3'36"N
Longitude: 106°35'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.06,-106.59083333333

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite	Descloizite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Anthophyllite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Carnotite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sanidine ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Witherite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Au Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti U V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cristobalite Descloizite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum
Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Zircon

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	244195	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	244165,244172	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			3	244186,244190,244193	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	244186	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			2	244165,244186	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	244172	718
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	244186,244203	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1403	1401	8	244165,244173,244182,244184,244190,244193,244197,244198	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1403	1401	2	244183,244186	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			6	244168,244177,244178,244186,244190,244200	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	244165	1184
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	244177	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	244190	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	244186,244195	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1403	1401	6	244172,244180,244186,244193,244196,244202	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			2	244172,244186	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	244186	3846
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	244165	453
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	244186,244195	2970
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	244172	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	244172,244186	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			13	244169,244170,244171,244173,244174,244175,244176,244184,244186,244190,244193,244197,244200	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			7	244173,244184,244185,244186,244190,244193,244197	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	244186,244196,244202	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			2	244186,244201	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	244177,244186	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			4	244165,244186,244190,244202	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	244186	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	244172	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	244165,244172,244186	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			5	244186,244190,244193,244197,244203	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	244172,244186	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	244186	5800
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)			1	244186	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1403	1401	4	244165,244172,244180,244186	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	244167	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1403	1401	4	244165,244172,244180,244186	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	244186,244196,244202	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			2	244186,244200	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			10	244164,244165,244172,244177,244186,244190,244196,244197,244202,244203	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	244165	598
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	244186	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			2	244172,244186	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	244186	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	244186	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	244186,244190,244196,244202	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)			2	244186,244199	589
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	244172	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			2	244172,244186	4899
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)			1	244186	251
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	244172,244186	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	244172	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000104	biotite granite

2 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
	Bradley_2012_086	1403	1401	1402±1	Ar/Ar			muscovite				Muscovite			50905	Sandia Mts., Bernalillo Co., New Mexico, USA	—	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
	Jen_0000104	1437.017	1436.983	1437±0.017	U-Pb			zircon				Zircon			50905	Sandia Mts., Bernalillo Co., New Mexico, USA	Sandia Biotite Granite, New Mexico	Anderson (1983)	10.1130/MEM161-p133	GSAM161_133	anorogenic

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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