Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Iron Mask Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 28.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 28.9

mindat Locality ID: 3995
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3995.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iron Mask Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°3'59"N
Longitude: 107°12'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.066388888889,-107.21

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	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt

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 Cu Fe O Pb S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Cu Fe O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Silver ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	28.9	28.9	2793
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	28.9	28.9	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	28.9	28.9	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	28.9	28.9	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	28.9	28.9	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	28.9	28.9	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	28.9	28.9	24243
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	28.9	28.9	5186

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-00474	28.9	28.9	28.9							Yes				3986	Kelly Mine (Tri Bullion Shaft; Paschal Shaft; Traylor Shaft; Kelly Tunnel), Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA	Magdalena	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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