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Locality Name:
Sandoval Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 220
Youngest recorded age at locality: 220

mindat Locality ID: 21965
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21965.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sandoval Co., New Mexico, USA": 92
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 80

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Bandelier Tuff
Cabezon Peak Area
Canjilon Hill
Capulin Peak
Cochiti District
Cuba Area
Gilman
Jemez Mountains
Jemez Springs District
Jemez Sulfur District
La Ventana Mesa
Laguna District
Landers
Nacimiento Mountains District
Placitas District
Porter Area
Rio Puerco Area
San Pablo
San Ysidro Area
Santa Ana Pueblo
Santa Clara Creek
Valle Grande
White Mesa
White Rock Canyon
Zambarmo Lake Area

Latitude: 35°39'37"N
Longitude: 106°44'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.660277777778,-106.73944444444

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte
Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chevkinite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite
Dufrénite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Natrolite	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spangolite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Titanite	Tourmaline	Tridymite	Vivianite	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 Br C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sr Ti U V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte
Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chevkinite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cristobalite
Dufrénite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Natrolite None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spangolite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Titanite Tourmaline Tridymite Vivianite Zircon

84 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayleyite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*
Celadonite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*
Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dufrénite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fayalite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Liebigite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Saponite ()*
Schorl ()*	Selenium ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*
Spangolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stevensite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tridymite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vivianite ()*	Zircon ()*

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			2	246629,246630	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			3	246629,246653,246693	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	246715	1627
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			2	246693,246694	2734
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			4	246626,246652,246653,246715	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	246693	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	246626	708
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	220	220	1	246669	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			3	246626,246653,246658	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	246629	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			2	246626,246629	2060
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	220	220	5	246650,246669,246693,246699,246701	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			5	246655,246680,246695,246705,246706	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			8	246653,246655,246658,246694,246697,246698,246700,246707	11547
Bayleyite ()*	None	Mg₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·18H₂O			1	246682	38
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	246680	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	246651	1633
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr			1	246629	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			14	246626,246627,246629,246650,246653,246658,246662,246673,246680,246682,246693,246705,246707,246709	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			2	246629,246643	1184
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	220	220	0		309
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	246707	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	220	220	1	246669	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	220	220	7	246655,246672,246675,246680,246683,246690,246705	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	246629,246630,246693	27198
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₅O₈(Si₂O₇)₂			1	246652	89
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	246693	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	220	220	3	246680,246690,246693	3531
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			3	246661,246693,246696	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	220	220	2	246653,246669	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	220	220	3	246629,246653,246669	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			3	246653,246657,246712	453
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			3	246648,246669,246679	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	246629	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	246626	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆			1	246705	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	246626,246703	9895
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O			2	246629,246656	139
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			2	246626,246693	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	246693	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)			1	246625	371
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			3	246628,246694,246700	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			4	246628,246629,246638,246700	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	246629,246653,246693	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			10	246653,246662,246669,246671,246673,246682,246693,246707,246708,246714	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			6	246629,246653,246669,246680,246682,246693	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	246693	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			5	246662,246669,246671,246673,246689	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	246693	5591
Liebigite ()*	None	Ca₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·11H₂O			1	246682	78
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			4	246625,246629,246693,246702	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			8	246648,246655,246675,246680,246683,246695,246705,246706	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	246693	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	246629	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	246629,246653	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	246653	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			4	246629,246656,246657,246703	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			3	246629,246693,246712	2349
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			1	246629	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	246629	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			8	246629,246630,246633,246646,246653,246665,246682,246693	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			3	246685,246687,246692	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	220	220	7	246629,246633,246638,246640,246653,246669,246693	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	246629,246653	598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	220	220	0		301
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	246693	2705
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se			2	246693,246701	143
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	246629	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	246693	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	220	220	2	246669,246693	5186
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	220	220	1	246669	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	220	220	3	246629,246630,246669	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	246626	1934
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	246629	57
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	246629	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			4	246653,246656,246659,246660	2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	220	220	3	246653,246669,246693	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	246629	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	246643	1059
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂			1	246653	458
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			2	246693,246696	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			3	246643,246693,246696	890
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	220	220	1	246669	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	246629,246693	5251

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
	sedcu-00709	220	220	Triassic										Cu	47726	San Miguel Mine, Nacimiento Mountains District, Sandoval Co., New Mexico, USA	Nacimiento	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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