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Locality Name:
Oak Spring Area, Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 33404
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33404.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Ettringite	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None
Pyroxene	Titanite	Wollastonite

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 Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Ettringite Feldspar Garnet Mica None
Pyroxene Titanite Wollastonite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Grossular ()*	Muscovite ()*
Sanidine ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	28.9	28.9	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	28.9	28.9	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	28.9	28.9	8173
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	28.9	28.9	1544
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	28.9	28.9	17380
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	28.9	28.9	598
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	28.9	28.9	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	28.9	28.9	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	28.9	28.9	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	28.9	28.9	1247

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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