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Locality Name:
Little Burro Mts, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 34757
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34757.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Little Burro Mts, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Ace High Mine
Afternoon Shaft
Boston Group
Contact Mine
Full Moon Mine
Jersey Lily Mine
Montezuma Group
Silver King Shaft
Snowflake Mine
Tullock Property
Tyrone
Virtue Mine

Latitude: 32°38'29"N
Longitude: 108°19'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.641388888889,-108.325
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteChalcopyriteFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12452092793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23245203,245207,2452105509
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124520427198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl3245204,245206,2452091382
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212452019617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2245204,24520524243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23245203,245207,24521012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23245203,245204,24520739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212452043106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124520161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2245204,24520521482
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O12452061059


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