Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bitter Creek Area, Steeple Rock District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37839
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37839.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bitter Creek Area, Steeple Rock District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Black Willow Prospect
Hoover Tunnel
Norman King Mine

Latitude: 32°53'7"N
Longitude: 108°59'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.885277777778,-108.98472222222

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.

Acanthite	Copper	Fluorite	None	Pyrite

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 Au Ca F Fe S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Copper Fluorite None Pyrite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	245307	2793
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	245307,245308,245309	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	245307	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	245307	39462

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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