Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mora Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 245
Youngest recorded age at locality: 245

mindat Locality ID: 224279
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224279.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mora Co., New Mexico, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Ciruela
Cleveland
Cow Creek Area
Cowles
Coyote Creek District
Fort Union Area
Mora Area
Rincon Range
Rociada District
Talco Area

Latitude: 35°58'26"N
Longitude: 105°5'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.973888888889,-105.09416666667

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Arsenic	Autunite	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Fritzscheite	Garnet	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Löllingite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Tridymite	Volborthite
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: Al As Au B Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si U V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Arsenic Autunite Beryl Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Fritzscheite Garnet Gypsum
Kaolinite Löllingite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Topaz Tourmaline Tridymite Volborthite
Wollastonite Zircon

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Augite ()*	Autunite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismutite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Leucite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Metatyuyamunite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Paragonite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Topaz ()*
Tremolite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vermiculite ()*
Volborthite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	246201	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	246201,246202	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F			2	246201,246202	244
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	246201	2060
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	246200	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	245	245	2	246193,246201	5509
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			2	246201,246202	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			2	246201,246202	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			3	246201,246202,246203	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			2	246201,246203	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	245	245	2	246193,246201	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	245	245	2	246193,246201	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	245	245	3	246193,246194,246201	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	245	245	2	246193,246201	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	246201	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	245	245	1	246193	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	246201	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	246201	4135
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	246201,246202	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	246201	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			3	246190,246201,246202	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			2	246201,246202	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	246201	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	246196,246201	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	245	245	1	246193	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	245	245	2	246193,246201	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	245	245	1	246193	5591
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)			1	246195	233
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			2	246201,246202	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	245	245	3	246193,246201,246202	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	245	245	2	246193,246201	12537
Metatyuyamunite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	245	245	1	246193	129
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	246201	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	246201	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	245	245	5	246193,246196,246201,246202,246204	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	246189	884
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	246201	247
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	246196	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	245	245	2	246193,246201	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	245	245	3	246193,246201,246202	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	246201	1711
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈			1	246200	353
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	246201,246202	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	245	245	1	246193	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	246201,246202	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	246201	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			2	246201,246202	688
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	246201	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	246201	1803
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			2	246201,246202	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	246201	2562
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	245	245	1	246193	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	245	245	2	246193,246200	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	246200	890
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			1	246196	652
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	245	245	1	246193	155
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	246201	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			3	246200,246201,246202	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-00708	245	245	Permo-Pennsylvanian										Cu	33047	Coyote Creek District, Mora Co., New Mexico, USA	Coyote Creek	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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