Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Merry Widow Mine, White Signal District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 21839
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21839.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Merry Widow Mine, White Signal District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°33'6"N
Longitude: 108°23'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.551666666667,-108.38333333333

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.

Amorphous	Autunite	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite
Meta-autunite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

Autunite ()*	Bassetite ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K O P S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K O P S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Autunite Bismutite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Fluorite
Meta-autunite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Spinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1272
Bassetite ()*	None	Fe²⁺(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	51
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	214
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	443
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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