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:
Bear Mountain, Abbey District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 22

mindat Locality ID: 21850
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21850.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bear Mountain, Abbey District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°16'20"N
Longitude: 107°17'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.272222222222,-107.28694444444

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Brochantite	Calcite	Corundum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz
Rutile	Sphalerite

Apachite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Conichalcite ()*	Hematite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibiconite ()*	Tangeite ()*	Tripuhyite ()*

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 As C Ca Cu Fe H O S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H O S Sb Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Brochantite Calcite Corundum None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz
Rutile Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Apachite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₉Si₁₀O₂₉·11H₂O	25	22	5
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	25	22	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	25	22	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	25	22	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	25	22	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	25	22	363
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	25	22	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	25	22	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	25	22	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	25	22	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	25	22	446
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)	25	22	60
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	25	22	66

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
	NAVDAT-17980	25	22	23.8+1.2/-1.8					17980						21850	Bear Mountain, Abbey District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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