Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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	Allophane	Covellite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Staurolite	Tetrahedrite

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:
Acanthite Allophane Covellite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Staurolite Tetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Staurolite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1457	1413	2793
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1457	1413	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1457	1413	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1457	1413	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1457	1413	2970
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1457	1413	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1457	1413	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1457	1413	61156
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1457	1413	978
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1457	1413	5317

2 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
	USGS-Rb-Sr-06399	1457	1457	1457	Rb-Sr	age not evaluated		whole rock							47533	Champion Mine, Picuris District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr
	USGS-Rb-Sr-06400	1413	1413	1413	Rb-Sr	age not evaluated		whole rock							47533	Champion Mine, Picuris District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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