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Locality Name:
Copper Flat, Hillsboro District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 75
Youngest recorded age at locality: 75

mindat Locality ID: 44124
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44124.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Flat, Hillsboro District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Buetecke Tunnel
Homestake Mine
Sternberg Shaft
Tripp Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu F Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFluorite
MalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
TetrahedriteTitaniteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2757512470155509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4757505516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7575124701527770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O75750925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S757512470155707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27575124701527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O757503531
Copper  (*)CopperCu757512470153846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O757512470152970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)757508173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F757502740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2757509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7575024243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O47575014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)27575124701512537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2757512470155800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)27575017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27575124701539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27575124701561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7575021482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO757512470151101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13757505317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O757504899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)757505251



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
PorphCu-00104757575      Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu44124Copper Flat, Hillsboro District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USACopper FlatSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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