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Locality Name:
Copper Mountain, Picuris District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 278936
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278936.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Mountain, Picuris District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tungsten Mine (Wichita Mine)

Latitude: 36°13'33"N
Longitude: 105°46'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.225833333333,-105.77138888889
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: Al As B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneClayMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzScheeliteTourmaline

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Dravite  (*)Foitite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12475473531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)1247547363
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1247547648
Foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)124754775
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412475471507
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124754712537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124754717380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124754761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12475474894


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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