Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Abbey District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 22

mindat Locality ID: 49413
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49413.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Abbey District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bear Mountain
Helen Deposit
Katherine Deposit

Latitude: 34°21'56"N
Longitude: 107°17'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.365555555556,-107.29111111111

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tapiolite

Apachite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ordoñezite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*
Tangeite ()*	Tripuhyite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O Pb S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Baryte Brochantite Calcite Corundum Diaspore None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tapiolite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Apachite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₉Si₁₀O₂₉·11H₂O	25	22	1	247230	5
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	247231,247232	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	25	22	1	247230	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	25	22	1	247230	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	25	22	1	247230	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	25	22	1	247230	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	25	22	1	247230	363
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	25	22	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	25	22	0		7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	25	22	1	247230	14640
Ordoñezite ()*	Tapiolite	ZnSb⁵⁺₂O₆	25	22	0		7
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	25	22	1	247230	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	25	22	1	247230	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	25	22	1	247230	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	25	22	1	247230	446
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)	25	22	1	247230	60
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	25	22	1	247230	66

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
	NAVDAT-17980	25	22	23.8+1.2/-1.8					17980						21850	Bear Mountain, Abbey District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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