Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Mogollon, Mogollon District, Mogollon Mts, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 28.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 25

mindat Locality ID: 254128
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254128.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mogollon, Mogollon District, Mogollon Mts, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Bearup Mine
Confidence Mine
Deadwood Mine
Deep Down Mine
Eberle Mine
Fannie Mine
Gold Dust Mine
Golden Eagle Mine
Johnson Mine
Last Chance Mine
Little Charlie Mine
Little Fannie Mine
Maud S. Mine
Oaks Tunnel
Pacific Mine
Trilby Mine (Grey Hawk Mine)

Latitude: 33°24'4"N
Longitude: 108°48'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.401111111111,-108.81

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 Au C Ca F Fe O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCalciteCopperFluoriteNonePyriteQuartz

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Calcite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2244245,2442512793
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2244245,24425127770
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212442519617
Gold  (*)CopperAu124425130554
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124424539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22244245,24425161156



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
NAVDAT-1794025.92525.4+0.5/-0.4   17940    254128Mogollon, Mogollon District, Mogollon Mts, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1786128.126.527.3±0.8   17861    36041Confidence Mine, Mogollon, Mogollon District, Mogollon Mts, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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