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Locality Name:
Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1455.11
Youngest recorded age at locality: 35.6

mindat Locality ID: 238680
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238680.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA": 70
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 64

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Baylor Pass
Organ District

Latitude: 32°24'43"N
Longitude: 106°34'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.411944444444,-106.56972222222

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi Br C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi Fe H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicBaryte
BerylBismutiteBrochantiteBrookiteBruciteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteChloriteClay
ClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeEnargiteEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetGypsumKaoliniteKobelliteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteSulphurTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitanite
TopazTurquoiseVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtziteZemanniteZircon

126 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)
Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Annite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Argentojarosite  (*)Augite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bismutoferrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cannizzarite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Cesàrolite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Cosalite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montanite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Neotocite  (*)
Nitratine  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rickardite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Stannite  (*)Strengite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Weissite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zemannite  (*)Zincospiroffite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S5244606,244626,244637,244661,2446732793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)23244606,244607,2446553419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)140017003244606,244648,244668254
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)4244606,244607,244655,2446588803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe2244606,244631489
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO22244606,2446742162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)36244606,244623,244624,244642,244648,2446611534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)140017002244606,2446682734
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21244615356
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)2244606,2446231036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41455.111133.112244606,244643708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)140017003244606,244648,2446683250
Argentojarosite  (*)AluniteAgFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63244606,244632,24465158
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61455.1135.612446062060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6140017004244606,244642,244648,244668919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)24244606,244608,244648,2446735509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4244614,244617,244648,24466711547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61455.1135.61244606413
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1455.1135.612446061966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32244606,2446481935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2244606,244648716
Bismutoferrite  (*)KaoliniteFe3+2Bi(SiO4)2(OH)1455.1135.6051
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41455.1135.612446065516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6140017004244606,244648,244668,2446731633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr1455.1135.61244606227
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21455.1135.61244606700
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)21244617462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)140017009244606,244608,244621,244624,244632,244642,244648,244654,24466827770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6140017002244606,244668359
Cannizzarite  (*)NonePb8Bi10S23124464241
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)140017007244606,244632,244637,244641,244648,244651,2446684979
Cesàrolite  (*)NonePbMn4+3O6(OH)214001700124466827
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S5244606,244623,244641,244648,2446735707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235.7835.623244606,244607,244608,244610,244613,244618,244621,244622,244623,244629,244630,244634,244637,244638,244642,244644,244646,244648,244655,244657,244661,244662,24467327198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)83244606,244623,244642577
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl140017006244606,244614,244616,244626,244637,2446681382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O140017006244606,244608,244611,244648,244668,2446733531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)42244631,244637951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)84244606,244634,244642,2446461756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1455.1135.612446061025
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)140017002244648,244668363
Copper  (*)CopperCu3244606,244648,2446733846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O184244606,244634,244642,2446461008
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)41455.1135.61244606175
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S51455.1135.61244606344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2244606,2446484165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3244606,244648,2446732970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)140017002244606,244668378
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O67244606,244607,244634,244642,244646,244648,2446554135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2140017003244606,244648,2446689895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)140017001244668220
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42244606,244662910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5244606,244607,244624,244648,2446558173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O61455.1135.61244606414
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2244606,2446582740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21400170011244606,244617,244624,244627,244637,244648,244661,244667,244668,244669,2446709617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S123244606,244630,244662663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS140035.630244605,244606,244607,244608,244609,244610,244614,244618,244619,244621,244623,244626,244629,244630,244631,244632,244635,244637,244641,244642,244645,244648,244649,244651,244652,244655,244656,244661,244663,24466824243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S43244641,244642,244648192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)140017003244608,244648,2446687437
Gold  (*)CopperAu5244606,244616,244637,244644,24464930554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)32244606,2446071544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O140017005244606,244608,244637,244668,2446736890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O63244606,244607,244655741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3140017007244606,244613,244623,244624,244644,244648,24466814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O140017007244606,244608,244637,244641,244648,244668,2446731689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1455.1135.61244606804
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4124464873
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6140017002244606,24466865
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)64244606,244631,244637,2446421066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31455.1135.612446065433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6140017003244606,244648,2446682228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43244606,244611,2446735591
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2140017003244606,244648,244668987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43244606,244634,24464614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2140035.613244606,244608,244611,244621,244623,244638,244644,244648,244650,244652,244657,244668,24467312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22244606,2446235674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO1244648202
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2244606,2446584924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl140017002244606,2446681107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22244606,2446585800
Montanite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te6+O6·nH2O (0 ≤ n ≤ 2/3)1455.1135.6124460622
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)140017003244606,244623,244668362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22244606,24462917380
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)1455.1135.61244606186
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)1455.1135.6124460691
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)7244606,244607,244615,244629,244655,244658,2446602349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23244606,244634,2446462273
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2140017002244606,244668142
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6140017002244606,244668477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2140035.633244606,244607,244608,244610,244614,244616,244618,244621,244622,244623,244625,244630,244631,244632,244634,244636,244637,244638,244642,244644,244646,244648,244649,244650,244652,244654,244655,244656,244657,244661,244662,244668,24467339462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl140017002244623,2446681725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)24244606,244609,244642,244661771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84244606,244634,244636,2446469056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2140035.638244606,244607,244608,244610,244611,244613,244614,244616,244618,244619,244621,244622,244623,244624,244625,244626,244629,244630,244631,244632,244637,244638,244642,244644,244648,244649,244650,244651,244652,244654,244655,244657,244658,244661,244662,244665,244668,24467361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1455.1135.612446061711
Rickardite  (*)NoneCu3-xTe23244606,244631,24465652
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2140017006244606,244608,244641,244648,244668,244673454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21455.1135.612446065614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4244606,244639,244642,2446484894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)140017005244606,244618,244622,244649,2446686417
Silver  (*)CopperAg140017005244606,244626,244637,244659,2446685186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)140017007244606,244637,244641,244642,244648,244668,2446732473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS140035.620244605,244606,244607,244608,244618,244623,244630,244631,244634,244637,244642,244646,244648,244649,244652,244655,244656,244661,244662,24466821482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O44244606,244634,244642,2446461934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS42244606,244642668
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O140017001244668263
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12446482045
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe3244606,244631,244636190
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132244606,2446371803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S5244606,244607,244614,244648,244671510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S136244606,244608,244616,244630,244652,2446625317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2244606,2446584899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21455.1135.612446061476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21455.1135.612446062562
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O2244606,244673484
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl140017003244606,244648,244668605
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)102244606,2446231395
Weissite  (*)NoneCu2-xTe1455.1135.6124460631
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4140017003244606,244648,244668303
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO33244606,244623,2446481247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4140017004244606,244608,244648,2446681655
Zemannite  (*)ZemanniteMg0.5ZnFe3+(Te4+O3)3·nH2O (3≤n≤4.5)12446317
Zincospiroffite  (*)NoneZn2Te3O812446314
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2244606,2446585251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1455.1135.612446061025



15 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
NAVDAT-12529635.7835.635.69±0.09   125296    206603Baylor Pass, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-12529735.7835.635.69±0.09   125297    206603Baylor Pass, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-12529935.7835.635.69±0.09   125299    206603Baylor Pass, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-12530035.7835.635.69±0.09   125300    206603Baylor Pass, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-12530135.7835.635.69±0.09   125301    206603Baylor Pass, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-12534135.7835.635.69±0.09   125341    206603Baylor Pass, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-2061935.7835.635.69±0.09  hornblende20619    206603Baylor Pass, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-2062035.7835.635.69±0.09  hornblende20620    206603Baylor Pass, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-2062335.7835.635.69±0.09  hornblende20623    206603Baylor Pass, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-2066235.7835.635.69±0.09  hornblende20662    206603Baylor Pass, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-2066335.7835.635.69±0.09  hornblende20663    206603Baylor Pass, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
USGS-Rb-Sr-055911455.111133.111294.11±161Rb-Sr whole rock     49809Mineral Hill, Organ District, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-055921455.111133.111294.11±161Rb-Sr whole rock     49809Mineral Hill, Organ District, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
NAVDAT-12543535.7835.635.69±0.09   125435    36007Rock Of Ages Prospect, Organ District, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-20615140017001550±-150   20615    3972Stevenson-Bennett Mine (Stephenson-Bennett Mine), Organ District, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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