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Locality Name:
San Miguel Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 21887
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21887.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Miguel Co., New Mexico, USA": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 41

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Cowles
El Povenir District
Elk Mountain District
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Hot Springs
Montezuma
Ribera
Rociada District
Tecolote District
Upper Pecos Region
Willow Creek District

Latitude: 35°37'55"N
Longitude: 105°21'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.631944444444,-105.36388888889

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	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copiapite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite
Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Wollastonite	Zircon

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O Pb S Sb Se Si Ta Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Pb Se

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Baryte Beryl Bismutite Calcite Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copiapite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite
Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Wollastonite Zircon

72 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Analcime ()*
Anglesite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clausthalite ()*
Copiapite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Elbaite ()*
Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Ferberite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Roscoelite ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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	2500	541	1	246622	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2500	541	4	246576,246598,246622,246623	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2500	541	7	246583,246584,246587,246588,246591,246613,246622	8803
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O			2	246593,246608	272
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			2	246592,246608	1627
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2500	541	1	246622	2734
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			3	246592,246598,246608	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			7	246576,246598,246607,246608,246609,246614,246620	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	246608	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			4	246576,246583,246608,246618	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			3	246576,246577,246608	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			3	246583,246588,246613	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2500	541	6	246600,246604,246608,246609,246620,246622	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			5	246594,246598,246600,246608,246610	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2500	541	1	246622	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	2500	541	1	246622	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2500	541	10	246595,246600,246607,246608,246609,246610,246612,246617,246620,246622	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	541	10	246576,246598,246602,246603,246606,246608,246609,246617,246620,246623	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2500	541	1	246622	3531
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	2500	541	0		281
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	246608	382
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	246598	1008
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	246602	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	246608	9895
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	246598	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2500	541	2	246600,246622	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆			3	246583,246608,246618	414
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)			1	246576	551
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O			3	246576,246608,246619	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2500	541	8	246576,246583,246584,246586,246587,246608,246619,246622	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	541	5	246598,246603,246605,246606,246623	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2500	541	4	246608,246615,246622,246623	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	246593,246608	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2500	541	3	246608,246622,246623	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	246576	469
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2500	541	2	246608,246622	5591
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	MgFe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	246608	54
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2500	541	3	246608,246622,246623	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2500	541	9	246576,246602,246607,246608,246609,246610,246612,246617,246622	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2500	541	9	246583,246584,246585,246586,246587,246588,246591,246613,246622	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			4	246576,246580,246600,246608	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	541	16	246576,246583,246584,246585,246586,246587,246588,246591,246595,246598,246608,246613,246615,246618,246622,246623	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2500	541	4	246576,246608,246619,246622	2349
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	246608	265
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	2500	541	1	246622	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	541	5	246608,246609,246617,246620,246623	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2500	541	1	246622	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2500	541	1	246623	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2500	541	12	246583,246584,246585,246587,246588,246591,246600,246601,246603,246605,246613,246623	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	246598	1711
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	541	1	246622	253
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2500	541	1	246622	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈			4	246583,246588,246608,246618	353
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			4	246576,246580,246608,246619	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			4	246576,246581,246608,246618	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	246608	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2500	541	3	246608,246622,246623	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2500	541	1	246622	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2500	541	8	246576,246581,246583,246584,246586,246587,246588,246622	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	541	3	246598,246606,246623	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			1	246608	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	246575	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	246597,246598	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	246598	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2500	541	1	246622	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2500	541	1	246622	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	246598	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			3	246583,246588,246608	2718
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	246598	1247
Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	(Y,U,Fe²⁺)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)₄			1	246608	51
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2500	541	2	246608,246622	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2500	541	1	246622	1025

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
	vms-01068	2500	541	Proterozoic											48271	Pecos Mine (Hamilton Mine; Cowles Mine), Willow Creek District, San Miguel Co., New Mexico, USA	Pecos	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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