Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
El Povenir District, San Miguel Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 48300
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48300.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Povenir District, San Miguel Co., New Mexico, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bert Hoover Mining Lode No. 1
Burro Creek
Gallinas Creek
Romero Mine
San Miguel Mica Co. Mine
Youngs Canyon

Latitude: 35°42'52"N
Longitude: 104°59'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.714444444444,-104.98833333333
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 B Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O S Si W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylChalcopyriteClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMalachiteMica
MolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupScheeliteStibniteTourmaline

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Ferberite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Spessartine  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312465771935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)0551
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O0345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)0469
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212465805800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12465804894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12465812705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)312465811214


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...