Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mistletoe Mine (Mistletoe Tunnel; Gordon Tunnel; Helen Cross Group; Helen Cross Claim; Forrester Claim; Forrester North Extension Claim; Birthday Claim; Silver Ware Claim), Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 47639
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47639.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mistletoe Mine (Mistletoe Tunnel; Gordon Tunnel; Helen Cross Group; Helen Cross Claim; Forrester Claim; Forrester North Extension Claim; Birthday Claim; Silver Ware Claim), Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°4'36"N
Longitude: 107°11'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.076666666667,-107.18916666667

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	28.9	28.9	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	28.9	28.9	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	28.9	28.9	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	28.9	28.9	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	28.9	28.9	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	28.9	28.9	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	28.9	28.9	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	28.9	28.9	24243
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	28.9	28.9	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	28.9	28.9	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	28.9	28.9	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	28.9	28.9	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	28.9	28.9	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	28.9	28.9	1655

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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