Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Los Pinos Mountains, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1480.072
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1479.928

mindat Locality ID: 49490
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49490.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Los Pinos Mountains, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile
Titanite

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile
Titanite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Hematite ()*	Microcline ()*	Pargasite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1480.072	1479.928	1310
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1480.072	1479.928	1025
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1480.072	1479.928	14640
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1480.072	1479.928	4924
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1480.072	1479.928	313
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1480.072	1479.928	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1480.072	1479.928	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1480.072	1479.928	1516
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1480.072	1479.928	4899

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000107	biotite granite

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
	Jen_0000107	1480.072	1479.928	1480±0.072	Rb-Sr										49490	Los Pinos Mountains, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA	Los Pinos Biotite Granite, New Mexico	Anderson (1983)	10.1130/MEM161-p133	GSAM161_133	anorogenic

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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