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Locality Name:
Chino Mine (Santa Rita Pit; Santa Rita Mine), Santa Rita, Santa Rita District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 55

mindat Locality ID: 3978
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3978.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chino Mine (Santa Rita Pit; Santa Rita Mine), Santa Rita, Santa Rita District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°47'23"N
Longitude: 108°4'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.789722222222,-108.06722222222

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	Amphibole	Andalusite	Beraunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Dufrénite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Ilvaite	Kaolinite	Leucophosphite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphofibrite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Turquoise	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Beraunite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dufrénite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meurigite-K ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Turquoise ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Beraunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Dufrénite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Ilvaite Kaolinite Leucophosphite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Phosphofibrite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Turquoise Wurtzite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	56	55	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	56	55	966
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	56	55	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	56	55	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	56	55	5509
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	56	55	136
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	56	55	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	56	55	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	56	55	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	56	55	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	56	55	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	56	55	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	56	55	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	56	55	4135
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	56	55	139
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	56	55	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	56	55	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	56	55	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	56	55	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	56	55	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	56	55	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	56	55	14640
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	56	55	197
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	56	55	5591
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	56	55	110
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	56	55	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	56	55	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	56	55	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	56	55	5674
Meurigite-K ()*	Phosphofibrite	KFe³⁺₈(PO₄)₆(OH)₇·6.5H₂O	56	55	21
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	56	55	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	56	55	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	56	55	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	56	55	2349
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	56	55	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	56	55	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	56	55	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	56	55	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	56	55	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	56	55	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	56	55	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	56	55	1101
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	56	55	1059
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	56	55	484

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
	PorphCu-00014	56	55	56–55									Actinolite, Alunite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Rutile, Siderite, Sphalerite	Cu	3978	Chino Mine (Santa Rita Pit; Santa Rita Mine), Santa Rita, Santa Rita District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA	Santa Rita	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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