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Locality Name:
Guadalupe Co., New Mexico, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 22030
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22030.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guadalupe Co., New Mexico, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Branch Ranch
Pastura District
Puerto De Luna Area
Santa Rosa Area

Latitude: 34°56'52"N
Longitude: 104°36'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.947777777778,-104.61027777778
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 Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti U 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteGarnetGypsum
MalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunogen  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Umohoite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
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)12·5H2O2245437,245440272
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2245442,2454433250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22602602245437,2454395509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS426022012454375516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260220124543727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2602602245437,2454395707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260220124543727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O26022012454373531
Copper  (*)CopperCu26022003846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS26022012454374165
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2602604245437,245439,245442,2454436890
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32245442,2454435433
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22602603245437,245438,24543912537
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O26022001508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2260220124543717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22602602245437,24543939462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)32245442,245443341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22602602245437,24543961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22245442,2454435614
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO26022012454371101
Umohoite  (*)None(UO2)(MoO4)·2H2O124543616
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1245436890


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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