Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sacramento District, Otero Co., New Mexico, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 33125
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33125.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sacramento District, Otero Co., New Mexico, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Alamo Extension Nos. 2; 3; 4; & 12 Claims
Black Burro Mine
Courtney Mine
Crozier Mine
Danleys Prospect
Daugherty Prospect
Holmes Mine
Pines No. 2 Claim
Specklebird Mine
Warnock Mine

Latitude: 32°53'49"N
Longitude: 105°50'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.896944444444,-105.845

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Descloizite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mottramite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Ba C Cu Fe H O Pb S V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Cu Fe H O Pb S V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Chalcopyrite Corundum Descloizite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel

13 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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	260	260	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	260	260	0		11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	260	260	0		5516
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	260	260	0		4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	260	260	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	0		27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	0		24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	246247	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	246247	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	0		12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	260	260	0		362
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	0		39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	0		21482

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
	sedcu-00741	260	260	Permian										Cu	51470	Courtney Mine, Sacramento District, Otero Co., New Mexico, USA	Courtney	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	sedcu-00742	260	260	Permian										Cu	51476	Warnock Mine, Sacramento District, Otero Co., New Mexico, USA	Warnock	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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