Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 55

mindat Locality ID: 279280
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279280.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tyrone Area, Burro Mountains District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 28
Child Localities:
Apache Trail Mine
Azure Mine (Tiffany Mine)
Boone Mine (Oquaqua Mine)
Boston Shaft
Burro Chief Mine
Copper Gulf Shaft
Copper King Mine
Copper Mountain Mine
Emma Mine
Gettysburg Shaft
Klondike Mine
Liberty Bell Mine (Copper Mountain Mine)
Malpai Tanks Prospect
Maquon Claim
Mohawk Shaft
Niagara Shaft
Niagara Tunnel
Oak Grove Prospect
Oqueque Mine
Parker Mine
Porterfield Mine
Racket Shaft
Sampson Mine
St. Louis Mine
Surprise Claim
Tyrone Mine
Valencia Shaft
Virginia Mine

Latitude: 32°37'51"N
Longitude: 108°22'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.630833333333,-108.37111111111

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Andalusite	Apatite	Autunite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Leucophosphite	Lillianite
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Titanite	Turquoise	Wavellite	Wurtzite

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Andalusite Apatite Autunite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Leucophosphite Lillianite
Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Titanite Turquoise Wavellite Wurtzite

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chalcosiderite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Corkite ()*	Cornetite ()*
Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Crednerite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hinsdalite ()*
Iodargyrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kintoreite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Ludlamite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Plumbogummite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strengite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Treasurite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Wavellite ()*	Woodhouseite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	56	55	1	244892	966
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	56	55	1	244892	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	56	55	4	244871,244875,244878,244892	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	56	55	1	244892	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	56	55	1	244892	1633
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	56	55	1	244892	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	244871	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	56	55	1	244892	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	56	55	6	244871,244875,244878,244891,244892,244896	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	56	55	3	244869,244871,244892	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	56	55	1	244892	77
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	56	55	10	244868,244871,244873,244874,244875,244878,244888,244891,244892,244896	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	56	55	2	244873,244892	3846
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	56	55	1	244892	151
Cornetite ()*	None	Cu₃(PO₄)(OH)₃	56	55	1	244892	26
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	56	55	1	244892	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	56	55	1	244892	310
Crednerite ()*	None	CuMnO₂			1	244891	35
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	56	55	6	244871,244872,244875,244891,244892,244896	2970
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	244867	944
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	56	55	1	244892	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	56	55	5	244867,244871,244879,244884,244892	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	56	55	1	244892	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	56	55	5	244867,244868,244887,244891,244892	14640
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	56	55	1	244892	82
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	56	55	1	244892	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	56	55	1	244892	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	56	55	2	244868,244892	5591
Kintoreite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	56	55	1	244892	41
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	56	55	1	244892	110
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	56	55	1	244892	234
Ludlamite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	56	55	1	244892	66
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	56	55	2	244867,244892	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	56	55	8	244867,244868,244871,244872,244875,244891,244892,244896	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	56	55	1	244892	443
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	56	55	1	244892	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	56	55	2	244871,244892	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	244887	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	244868	2349
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	56	55	1	244892	170
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	56	55	1	244892	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	56	55	4	244867,244871,244875,244892	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	56	55	1	244892	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	56	55	7	244867,244868,244871,244887,244888,244892,244896	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	244879	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	56	55	1	244892	21482
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	56	55	1	244892	263
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	56	55	2	244868,244892	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	244868	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	56	55	2	244867,244892	1059
Treasurite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₇Pb₆Bi₁₅S₃₀	56	55	1	244892	12
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	56	55	5	244868,244871,244886,244887,244892	484
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	56	55	1	244892	374
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	56	55	1	244892	62
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	56	55	1	244892	1655

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
	PorphCu-00015	56	55	56-55									Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Kaolinite, Libethenite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Torbernite, Turquoise	Cu	4464	Tyrone Mine, Tyrone Area, Burro Mountains District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA	Tyrone	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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