Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Union Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 180

mindat Locality ID: 33779
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33779.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Union Co., New Mexico, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Beenham Meteorite
Black Mesa District
Capulin Volcano National Monument
Clayton
Folsom District
Pasamonte Meteorite
Sierra Grande
Ute Creek

Latitude: 36°28'29"N
Longitude: 103°36'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.474722222222,-103.61555555556

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum
Cubanite	Feldspar	Iron	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tridymite	Zircon	Zirconolite

Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Malachite ()*	Merrillite ()*
Opal ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Taenite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*

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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Analcime Apatite Baddeleyite Baryte Cerite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum
Cubanite Feldspar Iron Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Sphalerite Spinel
Tridymite Zircon Zirconolite

30 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
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	247709	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	247708	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	247708	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	260	260	4	247693,247696,247700,247707	5509
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂			1	247708	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	247693,247696	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	260	260	1	247693	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			3	247693,247696,247707	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	1	247693	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	247692,247708	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	260	260	1	247693	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	260	260	2	247692,247693	3846
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			2	247706,247708	2740
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	247707	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	260	180	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	247692,247708	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			2	247692,247708	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃			1	247692	191
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	4	247693,247696,247700,247707	12537
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇			2	247692,247708	230
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	260	180	0		2994
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆			1	247708	303
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	247708	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	247707	5186
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	247692	703
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	260	260	1	247693	1101
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂			1	247708	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			2	247692,247708	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	247708	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇			1	247708	140

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-00700	180	180	Jurassic										Cu	33779	Union Co., New Mexico, USA	Wiggins	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	sedcu-00701	260	260	Triassic										Cu	37662	Peacock Canyon District, Black Mesa District, Union Co., New Mexico, USA	Peacock Canyon	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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