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

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

mindat Locality ID: 3996
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3996.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA": 55
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 52

Number of Child Localities: 36
Child Localities:
Ambrosia Mine
Anchor Mine
Black Cloud Mine
Cavalier Claim
Cavern Tunnel
Connelly Tunnel
Enterprise Tunnel
Germany Mines
Grand Ledge Tunnel
Grand Tower Mine
Graphic Mine (Graphic Shaft; Waldo-Graphic Mine; Waldo Tunnel)
Hardscrabble Mine
Hester Prospect
Iron Mask Mine
Juanita Mine
Key Mine
Little Loella Claim
Lynchberg Tunnel
Magdalena
Medley Ranch
Mistletoe Mine (Mistletoe Tunnel; Gordon Tunnel; Helen Cross Group; Helen Cross Claim; Forrester Claim; Forrester North Extension Claim; Birthday Claim; Silver Ware Claim)
Mount Baldy
Nitt Shaft
Oak Spring Area
Sampson Claim
Sleeper Tunnel
South Juanita Mine
Stonewall Tunnels
Tip Top Tunnel
Unity Tunnel
Unnamed Prospect
Victor Tunnel
Vindicator Shaft
West Virginia Tunnel
Woodland Mine
Young America Mine

Latitude: 34°5'1"N
Longitude: 107°11'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.083611111111,-107.19527777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti V Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryte
BrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcoalumiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteCyanotrichiteDescloiziteDevillineDiasporeDundasiteEpidoteEpsomiteEttringiteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetGypsumHexahydriteIlvaiteKaoliniteKieseriteKtenasiteLinariteMalachite
MelanteriteMeneghiniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpangoliteSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTitanite
WollastoniteWurtziteZinkositeZircon

110 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Aldridgeite  (*)
Allophane  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)
Beidellite  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celadonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dundasite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gunningite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Ilvaite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Niedermayrite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Shattuckite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Thaumasite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zinkosite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S28.928.93247351,247363,2473692793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)228.928.903419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS328.928.91247369315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)28.928.908803
Aldridgeite  (*)Devilline(Cd,Ca)(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O28.928.912473693
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O28.928.95247360,247364,247369,247377,247379470
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO528.928.912473611310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)328.928.92247367,2473691534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)28.928.93247361,247369,2473712734
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)28.928.901036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)428.928.92247373,247381708
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)428.928.90246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)28.928.912473693250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS28.928.909052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O628.928.902060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)628.928.94247359,247360,247364,247369919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)228.928.910247352,247360,247361,247364,247369,247371,247376,247377,247379,2473865509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)28.928.916247351,247353,247355,247357,247358,247359,247360,247362,247364,247366,247369,247371,247377,247378,247382,24738311547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)228.928.9124736483
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)628.928.91247369132
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O28.928.9085
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O28.928.91247369178
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS428.928.905516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)628.928.901633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)28.928.915247351,247357,247359,247360,247361,247364,247367,247369,247371,247373,247374,247376,247378,247379,24738227770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)228.928.90309
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)28.928.916247350,247351,247352,247356,247358,247360,247364,247365,247367,247369,247371,247375,247377,247378,247379,2473864979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O28.928.93247360,247361,247369925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O28.928.9124736191
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S28.928.96247352,247360,247363,247369,247373,2473785707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O28.928.92247360,247369197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS228.928.913247351,247352,247357,247359,247360,247361,247363,247367,247369,247371,247373,247377,24738227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl28.928.912473641382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O28.928.912473693531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)828.928.901756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)28.928.901025
Copper  (*)CopperCu28.928.93247360,247363,2473693846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS28.928.95247352,247360,247363,247369,2473714165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O28.928.93247360,247363,2473692970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)228.928.91247369179
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O228.928.91247369144
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)28.928.91247369378
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O628.928.92247373,2473744135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)228.928.909895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O28.928.94247364,247369,247377,24737997
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)28.928.95247361,247367,247369,247374,2473838173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O28.928.91247369484
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF228.928.93247351,247358,2473679617
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)428.928.9049
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS28.928.921247351,247352,247353,247356,247357,247358,247359,247360,247361,247362,247363,247364,247366,247367,247369,247371,247373,247376,247377,247378,24738224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)28.928.93247364,247369,2473797437
Gold  (*)CopperAu28.928.93247369,247372,24737830554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O28.928.91247359188
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS28.928.91247369717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)328.928.92247361,2473741544
Gunningite  (*)KieseriteZn(SO4)·H2O28.928.9124736948
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O28.928.93247364,247369,2473786890
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)228.928.90209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O628.928.92247360,247367741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O328.928.95247360,247361,247367,247369,24737314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O28.928.96247351,247359,247360,247367,247369,2473771689
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O428.928.9073
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O28.928.91247369251
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)628.928.93247352,247360,2473691066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O328.928.912473605433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)28.928.91247367197
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)628.928.94247352,247360,247361,2473712228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)428.928.92247369,2473785591
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O28.928.92247367,24736975
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)228.928.92247364,247369987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O428.928.96247360,247361,247367,247369,247370,24737314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)228.928.914247353,247357,247358,247359,247360,247361,247364,247366,247369,247371,247376,247377,247379,24738612537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O28.928.91247359915
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O28.928.901508
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)28.928.90362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)228.928.92247361,24737417380
Niedermayrite  (*)NoneCu4Cd(SO4)2(OH)6·4H2O28.928.912473698
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O28.928.90471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O28.928.902994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)28.928.902349
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)628.928.93247361,247366,247369477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O28.928.91247369309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS228.928.913247351,247352,247353,247357,247359,247360,247361,247367,247369,247371,247373,247377,24737839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO228.928.912473693106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S828.928.912473609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO228.928.921247351,247352,247353,247355,247356,247357,247358,247359,247360,247361,247364,247366,247367,247369,247370,247371,247373,247377,247378,247382,24738361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)28.928.901711
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)228.928.94247360,247364,247369,247377454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO228.928.905614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)28.928.91247374598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)28.928.94247351,247356,247361,2473674894
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O28.928.91247367292
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)228.928.9071
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)28.928.96247351,247357,247359,247360,247367,2473696417
Silver  (*)CopperAg28.928.98247351,247352,247360,247361,247363,247364,247369,2473735186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)28.928.916247350,247351,247352,247356,247358,247360,247361,247364,247365,247366,247369,247375,247376,247377,247378,2473862473
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O28.928.91247369105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS28.928.912247351,247353,247357,247359,247360,247361,247367,247369,247371,247373,247377,24738221482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS28.928.912473692045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO28.928.92247360,2473691101
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O28.928.91247374183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O28.928.912473744899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)228.928.912473742562
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl28.928.91247362605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO428.928.91247378303
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO328.928.92247361,2473741247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO428.928.97247351,247360,247362,247364,247367,247369,2473711655
Zinkosite  (*)ZinkositeZn(SO4)28.928.912473602
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)28.928.905251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)28.928.901025


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-0047428.928.928.9        3986Kelly Mine (Tri Bullion Shaft; Paschal Shaft; Traylor Shaft; Kelly Tunnel), Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USAMagdalenaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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