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Locality Name:
Zuni Mountains District, Zuni Mts, Cibola Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.001

mindat Locality ID: 33037
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33037.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zuni Mountains District, Zuni Mts, Cibola Co., New Mexico, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Betts Prospect
Bonita Mine
Bonnekay Mine
Breece Prospect
Carnation-Columbine Group
Compromise Lode
Copper Queen Claim
Emperor Group
Grant Meteorite
Grant's Mine
Head Prospect
Holy Terror Mine
Irene No. 2 Mine
Juniper Group
Mack Prospect
Malpais-Zuni Claim Group
Mark No. 11 Prospect
Mark No. 12 Prospect (Zuni No. 1 Prospect)
Mark No. 8 Prospect
Mark No. 9 Prospect
Mark Nos. 1-3 Claim Group
Matthews-Whiteside Mine
Prospector Group
Salitre Mesa
Section 15 Prospect
Smelter Gulch
Smith Group
Stella Mae Prospect
Twenty-One Mine (Twenty-Seven Mine)
Unnamed Prospects
Zorro Group (Ice Caves Group)

Latitude: 35°2'55"N
Longitude: 108°'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.048611111111,-108.01055555556
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 Al Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteFillowite
FluoriteGraftoniteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltSpinelTetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beusite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Galileiite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graftonite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Johnsomervilleite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sarcopside  (*)Silver  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2600.00103250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212444275509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2600.0013244424,244444,24444711547
Beusite  (*)GraftoniteMn2+Mn2+2(PO4)2124442839
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2600.001027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12444265707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260260027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412444283902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O26026012444443531
Copper  (*)CopperCu26026003846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS26026004165
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22600.00126244420,244421,244422,244423,244424,244429,244430,244431,244432,244433,244434,244435,244436,244437,244438,244439,244440,244442,244444,244445,244447,244448,244449,244450,244451,2444529617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2600.001024243
Galileiite  (*)FillowiteNaFe2+4(PO4)312444285
Gold  (*)CopperAu2600.001030554
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)21244428107
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2600.00106890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32600.001014640
Johnsomervilleite  (*)FillowiteNa3CaFe2+11(PO4)9124442811
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42600.001014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22602603244427,244441,24444412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22600.00105674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22600.001017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22600.001039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23244427,244428,24444161156
Sarcopside  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2124442858
Silver  (*)CopperAg2600.00105186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1326026005317
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS12444281044


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-218081.380.0010.685+0.695/-0.684   21808    242585Carnation-Columbine Group, Zuni Mountains District, Zuni Mts, Cibola Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
sedcu-00713260260Permian       Cu34624Mirabal Mine (Mirabel Mine), Salitre Mesa, Zuni Mountains District, Zuni Mts, Cibola Co., New Mexico, USAMirabalCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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