Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Torrance Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1471.017
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1470.983

mindat Locality ID: 24445
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24445.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Torrance Co., New Mexico, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Clines Corner Area
Estancia Salt District
Manzano Mountains
Moriarty Area
Mountainaire Area
Negra Area
Pedernal Hills
Pintado Canyon
Rattlesnake Hill
Scholle
Shockley Deposit
Tina Prospect
Vincent Moore Claim

Latitude: 34°45'24"N
Longitude: 105°53'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.756666666667,-105.88388888889

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Andalusite	Baryte	Blödite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay
Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Sulphur
Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Blödite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mendozite ()*
Microcline ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Thénardite ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti U V Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Baryte Blödite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay
Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Staurolite Sulphur
Titanite Zircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	247679	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	247679	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	247677	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			2	247679,247685	1036
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	247687	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			5	247676,247680,247688,247689,247690	11547
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O			2	247677,247678	130
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	247676,247679	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	247679	1184
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1471.017	1470.983	2	247679,247683	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂			1	247679	376
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	247687	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	247679	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	247679	1025
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	247679	327
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1471.017	1470.983	0		2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	247679	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	247677	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	247689	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	247680	24243
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂			2	247677,247678	137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	247677,247687	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			2	247677,247678	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1471.017	1470.983	2	247679,247683	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	247679	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1471.017	1470.983	2	247679,247683	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	247679	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1471.017	1470.983	3	247683,247687,247690	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	247679	5674
Mendozite ()*	None	NaAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O			1	247684	28
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	247679	4924
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O			1	247677	223
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1471.017	1470.983	2	247679,247683	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	247679	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	247679	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	247679,247687	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	247679	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	247679	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	247679	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1471.017	1470.983	2	247679,247683	978
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	247676	2045
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)			1	247677	299
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	247679	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	247681	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	247679	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	247679	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000106	biotite granite

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
	Jen_0000106	1471.017	1470.983	1471±0.017	Rb-Sr										244764	Pedernal Hills, Torrance Co., New Mexico, USA	Pedernal Biotite Granite, New Mexico	Anderson (1983)	10.1130/MEM161-p133	GSAM161_133	anorogenic

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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