Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bitter Creek, Anchor District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 21

mindat Locality ID: 50555
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50555.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bitter Creek, Anchor District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Cora Gibson Prospect
Deldosso Prospect
Denmark Prospect
Dorothy Prospect
Enderman Prospect
Independence Mine
June Bug Prospect
Memphis Mine
Neptune Prospect (Scavarda Prospect)
Silver Queen Prospect

Latitude: 36°43'19"N
Longitude: 105°21'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.721944444444,-105.36555555556

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite

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 Au Ca Cu F Fe H K O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Fluorite Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	21	2	247483,247486	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	23	21	1	247483	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	21	4	247479,247480,247483,247485	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	21	1	247483	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	21	2	247479,247483	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	21	6	247478,247481,247482,247483,247485,247486	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	21	7	247478,247479,247481,247483,247484,247485,247486	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	21	2	247478,247486	21482

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-31634	23	21	22±1	31634	50555	Bitter Creek, Anchor District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-31635	23	21	22±1	31635	50555	Bitter Creek, Anchor District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-31636	23	21	22±1	31636	50555	Bitter Creek, Anchor District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-31637	23	21	22±1	31637	50555	Bitter Creek, Anchor District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-31638	23	21	22±1	31638	50555	Bitter Creek, Anchor District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-31639	23	21	22±1	31639	50555	Bitter Creek, Anchor District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-31640	23	21	22±1	31640	50555	Bitter Creek, Anchor District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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