Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alhambra Mine (Blue Bell Mine), Black Hawk District (Bullard's Peak District), Big Burro Mts, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 3975
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3975.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alhambra Mine (Blue Bell Mine), Black Hawk District (Bullard's Peak District), Big Burro Mts, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°43'17"N
Longitude: 108°30'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.721388888889,-108.50944444444

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	Calcite	Copper	Fluorite	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Skutterudite	Spinel
Vivianite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*
Silver ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 As C Ca Co Fe H Mg Ni O S U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Co Fe H Mg Ni O S U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Copper Fluorite Nickeline None Perovskite Pyrite Skutterudite Spinel
Vivianite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	66	2.6	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	66	2.6	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	66	2.6	445
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66	2.6	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	66	2.6	9895
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	66	2.6	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	66	2.6	176
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	66	2.6	767
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	66	2.6	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	66	2.6	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	66	2.6	5186
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	66	2.6	2718

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-00448	66	2.6	Tertiary?							Yes				7188	Black Hawk Mine, Black Hawk District (Bullard's Peak District), Big Burro Mts, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA	Black Hawk	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100196	Alhambra Mine (Blue Bell Mine), Black Hawk District (Bullard's Peak District), Big Burro Mts, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA	https://rruff.info/R100196

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