Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blanchard Mine (Portales-Blanchard Mine; Hansonburg Lead Mine; McCarthy Lead Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3993
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3993.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blanchard Mine (Portales-Blanchard Mine; Hansonburg Lead Mine; McCarthy Lead Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Blue Ice Prospect
Clarence Barrett Workings
Hairpin Turn
Portales Adit (Glory Hole)
South Cut Area
Sunshine No. 1 Adit
Sunshine No. 2 Adit
Sunshine No. 3 Adit
Sunshine No. 3 And 1/2 Adit
Sunshine No. 4 Adit
Sunshine No. 5 Adit
Sunshine No. 6 Adit

Latitude: 33°48'41"N
Longitude: 106°22'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.811388888889,-106.375

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	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Epsomite
Fluorite	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Murdochite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Spangolite	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*
Corkite ()*	Covellite ()*	Creedite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fraipontite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Goslarite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mottramite ()*
Murdochite ()*	Otavite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Scrutinyite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Spangolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tenorite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg O Pb S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Cyanotrichite Descloizite Diaspore Epsomite
Fluorite Gypsum Linarite Malachite Marcasite Murdochite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Spangolite Sphalerite Sulphur

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	3	247264,247265,247266	2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	2	247267,247268	246
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	247262	544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	247266,247270	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	247262,247264,247266,247267,247268,247270	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	247266	132
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	3	247264,247266,247267	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	247264	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	2	247264,247266	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4	247264,247266,247268,247269	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	247268	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	247264,247268,247269	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	247264,247266	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	0		2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	247268	3846
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	247264	151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	247264,247268	4165
Creedite ()*	None	Ca₃Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₂F₈·2H₂O	0		48
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	247268	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	2	247266,247268	179
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	247268	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	12	247259,247260,247261,247262,247263,247264,247265,247266,247267,247268,247269,247270	9617
Fraipontite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Zn,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	0		49
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	247262,247263,247264,247265,247266,247268,247270	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	247269	7437
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	247264,247268	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	247266	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	5	247266,247267,247268,247269,247270	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	247264	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	247264	2228
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	7	247260,247262,247264,247265,247266,247267,247268	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	247268	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	0		362
Murdochite ()*	Murdochite	Cu₁₂Pb₂O₁₅Cl₂	3	247264,247266,247270	34
Otavite ()*	Calcite	Cd(CO₃)	1	247264	25
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	2	247268,247270	158
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	247264	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	247262,247263,247264,247265,247266,247267,247268,247270	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	247264,247266,247267	454
Scrutinyite ()*	Columbite	PbO₂	1	247264	6
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	3	247262,247268,247270	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	247262,247264,247268	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	0		1101
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	3	247262,247264,247270	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060135	Blanchard Mine (Portales-Blanchard Mine; Hansonburg Lead Mine; McCarthy Lead Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA	https://rruff.info/R060135

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