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Locality Name:
Big Burro Mts, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 248089
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248089.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Burro Mts, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bismuth Lode Mine
Black Hawk District (Bullard's Peak District)
Bullard Peak
Burro Peak

Latitude: 32°39'38"N
Longitude: 108°28'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.660555555556,-108.47027777778
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 C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumJalpaite
KaoliniteLöllingiteLeucophosphiteMarcasiteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PerovskitePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinel
StanniteStibniteTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtziteXanthoconiteZircon

64 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mckinstryite  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Nimite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pearceite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S662.65244790,244791,244792,244793,2447952793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)662.612447898803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)662.62244789,2447912734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2662.62244789,2447903092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O662.64244789,244790,244791,244793445
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6662.63244789,244791,244798919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2662.612447895509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)662.62244789,24479111547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12447881966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3662.62244789,2447931935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)662.63244788,244789,244793716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4662.612447895516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)662.64244789,244790,244791,24480027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2662.64244788,244789,244791,24479827198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8662.62244789,244791577
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl662.62244789,2447911382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS662.62244789,2447914165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3662.62244789,244791802
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S662.612447891027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2662.63244789,244790,2447919895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2244803,2448088173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O662.61244789814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS662.62244789,24479124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)662.612447897437
Gold  (*)CopperAu662.6124478930554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O662.62244789,2447916890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3662.62244789,24479114640
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2662.61244789116
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4662.62244789,2447915591
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O662.61244789110
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)662.61244789770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2662.62244789,2447915674
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S4662.62244789,24479151
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS662.62244789,2447911066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2662.62244789,2448055800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124480317380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs662.64244789,244790,244791,244798633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3662.62244789,244790176
Nimite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Ni,Mg,Al)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8662.6124479115
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)662.612447892349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS662.64244789,244790,244791,244798767
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]662.62244789,244791249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]662.62244789,244798716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3662.63244789,244791,244798733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3662.612447891425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2662.63244788,244789,24479139462
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3662.6124478984
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8662.612447899056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2662.611244788,244789,244791,244800,244801,244802,244803,244804,244805,244807,24480861156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2662.63244789,244791,244798233
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)662.612447891711
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2662.62244789,244791317
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)7244801,244802,244803,244804,244805,244807,2448084894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)662.63244789,244790,2447916417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4662.63244789,244790,244791249
Silver  (*)CopperAg662.69244789,244790,244791,244792,244793,244794,244795,244796,2447975186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3662.63244789,244791,244798531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS662.62244789,24479121482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4662.62244789,244791668
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS662.62244789,244791332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13662.62244789,2447911803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13662.612447895317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2662.64244789,244790,244791,2447932718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)662.612447895251


1 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
sedznpb-00448662.6Tertiary?        7188Black Hawk Mine, Black Hawk District (Bullard's Peak District), Big Burro Mts, Grant Co., New Mexico, USABlack HawkSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R100196Alhambra Mine (Blue Bell Mine), Black Hawk District (Bullard's Peak District), Big Burro Mts, Grant Co., New Mexico, USAhttps://rruff.info/R100196

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