Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Sylvanite District, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 19889
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19889.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sylvanite District, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Aztec Mine
Broken Jug Mine
Cactus Mine (Kneyer Mine; Crump Mine)
Clemmie Mine
Copper Dick Mine
Creeper Mine
Dodge Group
Eagle Point Deposits
Faith Mine (Silver Jack Mine)
Gold Hill Mine (Martin & Norton Mine; Hardscrabble)
Golden Eagle Mine
Granite Pass Tungsten Prospect
Hand Car Claim
Hornet Mine
Jowell Mine
King Solomon Mine
Knickerbocker Mine (Quartzite Mine)
Little Hatchet Mine
Little Mildred Mine (Green Mine)
Monte Cristo Mine (Pearl Mine)
Pearl Prospect
Ridgewood Mine
Silver Trail Tunnel
Sylvanite Mine
Wake-Up-Charlie Mine
Wood Property (Buckhorn Property; Barney Mine; Russell Mine)
Wyoming Prospect

Latitude: 31°49'49"N
Longitude: 108°27'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.830277777778,-108.45611111111

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti U V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O P S Sb Si Te Ti U Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBismutite
CalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDescloiziteEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetMalachiteMelanteriteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScapoliteScheeliteSkutteruditeSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTetradymiteTitaniteZircon

62 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)Emmonsite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Meionite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tellurium  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)26245624,245625,245639,245640,245644,2456463419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)6245624,245625,245632,245640,245643,2456468803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3245625,245629,2456409052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23245629,245638,2456445509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3245633,245634,24563911547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312456331935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2245629,245647716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13245620,245624,245625,245629,245634,245638,245639,245640,245641,245643,245644,245646,24564727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12456444979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2245625,2456385707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213245623,245624,245625,245629,245632,245634,245639,245640,245643,245644,245646,245647,24564827198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81245624577
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12456383531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Emmonsite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)3·2H2O034
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3245624,245638,2456398173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4245629,245637,245640,24564424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu10245623,245625,245629,245630,245632,245640,245641,245643,245646,24564730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32245629,24564714640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1245640804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612456472228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44245624,245632,245638,24564714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24245629,245633,245638,24564412537
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)1245643176
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1245623915
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl12456441107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23245624,245638,2456395800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)1245644362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24245629,245632,245643,24564717380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3245624,245630,2456432349
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te3057
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)2245637,245639494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212245623,245625,245629,245632,245634,245638,245639,245640,245643,245644,245646,24564739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212456473106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83245623,245638,2456449056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217245623,245624,245625,245629,245630,245632,245634,245636,245637,245638,245639,245640,245641,245643,245644,245646,24564761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2245627,2456314894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O12456251153
Silver  (*)CopperAg12456345186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31245625531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12456442473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5245629,245634,245640,245644,24564721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe0190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te32245640,245647276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S10245623,245625,245629,245630,245632,245640,245642,245643,245646,245647510
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12456244899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe0100
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1245626605
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL


All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...