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Locality Name:
Champion Mine, Picuris District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1457
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1413

mindat Locality ID: 47533
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47533.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Champion Mine, Picuris District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°13'8"N
Longitude: 105°47'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.218888888889,-105.79583333333

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 C Cu Fe H O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Cu Fe H O S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneCovelliteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzStauroliteTetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Staurolite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1457141302793
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1457141305707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1457141303531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1457141304165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1457141302970
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214571413012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214571413039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214571413061156
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)145714130978
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131457141305317



2 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
USGS-Rb-Sr-06399145714571457Rb-Srage not evaluatedwhole rock     47533Champion Mine, Picuris District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-06400141314131413Rb-Srage not evaluatedwhole rock     47533Champion Mine, Picuris District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 


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