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Locality Name:
Pastura District, Guadalupe Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 220

mindat Locality ID: 22029
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22029.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pastura District, Guadalupe Co., New Mexico, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Guadalupe Mine
Pintada Mine
Pintado Canyon
Stauber Mine

Latitude: 34°52'36"N
Longitude: 104°52'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.876666666667,-104.87166666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteGypsumMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartz

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunogen  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O1245440272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)226026012454395509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS426022005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260220027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S26026012454395707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260220027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O26022003531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS26022004165
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O26026012454396890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22602602245438,24543912537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2260220017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260260124543939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260260124543961156
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO26022001101


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00717260260Permian       Cu245328Pintada Mine, Pastura District, Guadalupe Co., New Mexico, USAPintadaCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-00719220220Upper Triassic       Cu48276Stauber Mine, Pastura District, Guadalupe Co., New Mexico, USAStauberCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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