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Locality Name:
Wilcox District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 31.24
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23

mindat Locality ID: 33035
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33035.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wilcox District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA": 70
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 59

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Big Dry Creek Area
Haystack Mtn. Area
Holt Gulch Prospects
Little Dry Creek Area
Little Star Prospects
Little Whitewater Creek Area
Lone Pine Hill Area
Morning Star Prospect
Pine Creek Area
Sacaton Creek Area
Sacaton Mine
Shelton Canyon
Spruce Creek Area

Latitude: 33°15'55"N
Longitude: 108°45'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.265277777778,-108.75972222222

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Aubertite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Khademite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetradymite

Acanthite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Anatase ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Dickite ()*
Emmonsite ()*	Epidote ()*	Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Khademite ()*	Lannonite ()*
Mackayite ()*	Malachite ()*	Paratellurite ()*	Poughite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rajite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tellurite ()*
Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Wilcoxite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Aubertite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Khademite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Tetradymite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	31.24	23	0		2793
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O			1	244330	272
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	244326	2162
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	244290,244313	5509
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	31.24	23	0		1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	31.24	25.56	10	244286,244298,244299,244302,244306,244316,244317,244319,244321,244338	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	244294	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			7	244284,244286,244290,244291,244315,244316,244337	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	244313	3531
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	244300	651
Emmonsite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·2H₂O			1	244326	34
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	244338	8173
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	244326	73
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	31.24	23	41	244286,244288,244289,244292,244296,244297,244299,244301,244302,244303,244304,244305,244306,244307,244308,244309,244311,244313,244314,244318,244319,244321,244323,244326,244327,244328,244331,244333,244336,244338,244339,244340,244342,244343,244344,244346,244347,244348,244350,244351,244352	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			4	244284,244285,244286,244291	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	244292,244326	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	244326	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	244310,244318	14640
Khademite ()*	Khademite	Al(SO₄)F·5H₂O			1	244326	15
Lannonite ()*	None	HCa₄Mg₂Al₄(SO₄)₈F₉·32H₂O	0	0	1	244326	2
Mackayite ()*	None	Fe³⁺Te⁴⁺₂O₅(OH)			1	244326	12
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	244290,244313,244338	12537
Paratellurite ()*	Rutile	TeO₂			1	244326	20
Poughite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₂(SO₄)·3H₂O			1	244326	12
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	31.24	25.56	12	244284,244287,244290,244302,244311,244315,244316,244318,244326,244337,244347,244349	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	31.24	25.56	37	244284,244286,244287,244289,244290,244291,244292,244295,244296,244297,244298,244299,244302,244304,244307,244310,244313,244314,244315,244319,244321,244322,244325,244327,244328,244329,244333,244338,244342,244343,244346,244347,244348,244349,244350,244351,244352	61156
Rajite ()*	None	CuTe⁴⁺₂O₅			1	244326	2
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	244284,244286	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	244311	2045
Tellurite ()*	None	TeO₂			1	244326	52
Tellurium ()*	None	Te			1	244326	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	244326	276
Wilcoxite ()*	Aubertite	MgAl(SO₄)₂F·17H₂O			1	244326	11

2 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
	NAVDAT-31497	31.24	25.56	28.4±2.84					31497						51392	Holt Tunnel, Holt Gulch Prospects, Wilcox District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-17919	30	23	27.4+2.6/-4.4					17919						34686	Red Shaft Prospect, Holt Gulch Prospects, Wilcox District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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