Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Old Placers District, Santa Fe Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 28
Youngest recorded age at locality: 28

mindat Locality ID: 21704
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21704.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Old Placers District, Santa Fe Co., New Mexico, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Alpine Mine
Arroyo Viejo Placers
Benton Mine
Buckeye No. 1 Mine
Buckeye No. 2 Mine
Candelaria Mine
Captain Davis Mine
Chord Mine
Cunningham Gulch Placers
Cunningham Mine
Dolores Gulch Placers
Gold Leaf Mine
Golden
Granito Mine
Gypsy Queen Mine
Live Oak Mine
Lucas Mine (Old Reliable Mine; Pat Collins Mine)
Patagonia Mine

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.

Acanthite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Garnet	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Acanthite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Apjohnite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Garnet Halotrichite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Spinel Talc Titanite Tridymite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

33 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	28	28	0		2793
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	28	28	0		1022
Apjohnite ()*	Halotrichite	Mn²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	28	28	1	246831	28
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	28	28	1	246830	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	28	28	0		2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	28	28	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	28	28	1	246830	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	28	28	1	246830	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	28	28	2	246830,246835	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	28	28	0		3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	28	28	1	246830	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	28	28	1	246830	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	28	28	6	246818,246825,246826,246827,246830,246835	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	28	28	1	246830	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	28	28	0		5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	28	28	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	28	28	1	246830	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	28	28	0		12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	28	28	2	246830,246834	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	28	28	1	246830	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	28	28	0		884
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	28	28	1	246831	265
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	28	28	1	246830	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	28	28	3	246826,246830,246835	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	28	28	0		341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	28	28	1	246830	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	28	28	2	246819,246830	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	28	28	2	246826,246830	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	28	28	0		6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	28	28	0		3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	28	28	0		4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	28	28	0		1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	28	28	0		1247

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_0001436	28	28	28		age of mineralization		scheelite				Scheelite			7999	Ortiz Mine, Golden, Old Placers District, Santa Fe Co., New Mexico, USA	Ortiz Mine	Poulin et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1500023	CM54_1147

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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