Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Abiquiu District, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 220
Youngest recorded age at locality: 220

mindat Locality ID: 33128
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33128.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Abiquiu District, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Rio Del Oso

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baryte	Feldspar	Halotrichite	Harmotome	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Feldspar Halotrichite Harmotome Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Anorthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Malachite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*

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
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	220	220	0		1036
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	220	220	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	220	220	1	246274	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	220	220	0		5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	220	220	0		5707
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	220	220	0		409
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	220	220	1	246274	290
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	220	220	0		12537
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	220	220	0		265
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	220	220	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	220	220	0		61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	220	220	0		598

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
	sedcu-00723	220	220	Triassic										Cu	33128	Abiquiu District, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA	Abiquiu	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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