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Locality Name:
Burro Peak, Burro Mountains District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 270543
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270543.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burro Peak, Burro Mountains District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Austin-Amazon Mine

Latitude: 32°36'46"N
Longitude: 108°27'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.612777777778,-108.45916666667
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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O P S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartz

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212448305509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412448305516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124483027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12448305707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124483027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu12448303846
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124483012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212448305800
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124483061156
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12448301101
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O12448301059


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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