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Locality Name:
Lynchberg Tunnel, Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 28.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 28.9

mindat Locality ID: 33391
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33391.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lynchberg Tunnel, Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°4'6"N
Longitude: 107°11'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.068333333333,-107.19416666667

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Devilline	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Ilvaite
Ktenasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Ilvaite ()*	Ktenasite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 F Fe H Mo O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Devilline Epidote Fluorite Garnet Ilvaite
Ktenasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	28.9	28.9	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	28.9	28.9	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	28.9	28.9	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	28.9	28.9	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	28.9	28.9	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	28.9	28.9	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	28.9	28.9	24243
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	28.9	28.9	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	28.9	28.9	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	28.9	28.9	1689
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	28.9	28.9	197
Ktenasite ()*	Ktenasite Devilline	ZnCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·6H₂O	28.9	28.9	75
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	28.9	28.9	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	28.9	28.9	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	28.9	28.9	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	28.9	28.9	4894
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	28.9	28.9	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	28.9	28.9	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	28.9	28.9	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	28.9	28.9	1655

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
	sedznpb-00474	28.9	28.9	28.9							Yes				3986	Kelly Mine (Tri Bullion Shaft; Paschal Shaft; Traylor Shaft; Kelly Tunnel), Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA	Magdalena	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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