Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mosaic Mine (Union Potash & Chemical Co. Mine; International Agriculture Mine; International Minerals & Chemical Corp. Mine; Mosaic Potash Mine), Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 78

mindat Locality ID: 51297
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51297.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mosaic Mine (Union Potash & Chemical Co. Mine; International Agriculture Mine; International Minerals & Chemical Corp. Mine; Mosaic Potash Mine), Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°24'46"N
Longitude: 103°56'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.412777777778,-103.9375

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.

Carnallite	Kieserite	Langbeinite	None	Rocksalt

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: Ca Cl H K Mg Na O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cl H K Mg Na O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Carnallite Kieserite Langbeinite None Rocksalt

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Carnallite ()*	Halite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Langbeinite ()*	Polyhalite ()*
Sylvite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	260	78	132
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	260	78	1398
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	260	78	80
Langbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃	260	78	43
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	260	78	102
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	177	177	275

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-Rb-Sr-06344	183	183	183	Rb-Sr	magnesite	Magnesite	51297	Mosaic Mine (Union Potash & Chemical Co. Mine; International Agriculture Mine; International Minerals & Chemical Corp. Mine; Mosaic Potash Mine), Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06345	78	78	78	Rb-Sr	potassium magnesium sulfate (hydrated) mineral		51297	Mosaic Mine (Union Potash & Chemical Co. Mine; International Agriculture Mine; International Minerals & Chemical Corp. Mine; Mosaic Potash Mine), Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06346	109.6	109.6	109.6	Rb-Sr	potassium magnesium sulfate (hydrated) mineral		51297	Mosaic Mine (Union Potash & Chemical Co. Mine; International Agriculture Mine; International Minerals & Chemical Corp. Mine; Mosaic Potash Mine), Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06347	173	173	173	Rb-Sr	potassium magnesium sulfate mineral		51297	Mosaic Mine (Union Potash & Chemical Co. Mine; International Agriculture Mine; International Minerals & Chemical Corp. Mine; Mosaic Potash Mine), Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06348	205	205	205	Rb-Sr	potassium magnesium sulfate mineral		51297	Mosaic Mine (Union Potash & Chemical Co. Mine; International Agriculture Mine; International Minerals & Chemical Corp. Mine; Mosaic Potash Mine), Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06349	260	260	26	Rb-Sr	hydrated magnesium sulfate mineral		51297	Mosaic Mine (Union Potash & Chemical Co. Mine; International Agriculture Mine; International Minerals & Chemical Corp. Mine; Mosaic Potash Mine), Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06351	177	177	177	Rb-Sr	sylvite	Sylvite	51297	Mosaic Mine (Union Potash & Chemical Co. Mine; International Agriculture Mine; International Minerals & Chemical Corp. Mine; Mosaic Potash Mine), Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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