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Locality Name:
Coyote Creek District, Mora Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 245
Youngest recorded age at locality: 245

mindat Locality ID: 33047
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33047.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coyote Creek District, Mora Co., New Mexico, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Constitution Group

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si U V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteFluoriteFritzscheiteGypsumKaoliniteMalachite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSpinelVolborthite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Volborthite  (*)
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)224524505509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS424524505516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)245245027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S24524512461945707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245245027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS24524504165
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O24524506890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3245245014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)424524505591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4245245014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2245245012537
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O2452450129
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2245245017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245245039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245245061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)24524506417
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O2452450628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO224524502718
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O2452450155


1 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
sedcu-00708245245Permo-Pennsylvanian       Cu33047Coyote Creek District, Mora Co., New Mexico, USACoyote CreekCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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