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Locality Name:
Groundhog Mine, Vanadium, Central District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 7078
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7078.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Groundhog Mine, Vanadium, Central District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
C. G. Bell Mine
Denver Shaft
Lucky Bill Mine (Lucky Bill Shaft)
San Jose Shaft (San Jose Mine)

Latitude: 32°46'19"N
Longitude: 108°6'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.771944444444,-108.10861111111

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Descloizite	Epidote	Epsomite	Garnet	Gypsum
Ilvaite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beidellite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Johannsenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Descloizite Epidote Epsomite Garnet Gypsum
Ilvaite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite
Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

44 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	66	2.6	0		3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	66	2.6	0		1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	66	2.6	1	244971	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	66	2.6	0		11547
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	66	2.6	0		85
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	66	2.6	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66	2.6	0		27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	66	2.6	1	244971	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	66	2.6	0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	66	2.6	2	244969,244971	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	2.6	1	244971	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	66	2.6	0		3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	66	2.6	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	66	2.6	1	244969	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	66	2.6	0		802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	66	2.6	0		2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	66	2.6	0		378
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	66	2.6	0		4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	66	2.6	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66	2.6	2	244969,244971	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	66	2.6	0		30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	66	2.6	0		188
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	66	2.6	0		1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	66	2.6	0		6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	66	2.6	0		741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	66	2.6	0		14640
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	66	2.6	0		197
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	1	244972	2228
Johannsenite ()*	Pyroxene	CaMnSi₂O₆	66	2.6	0		73
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	66	2.6	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	66	2.6	0		12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	66	2.6	0		17380
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	1	244972	477
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	66	2.6	0		716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	2.6	2	244969,244971	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	2.6	3	244969,244970,244971	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	66	2.6	0		969
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	66	2.6	0		6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	66	2.6	0		5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	66	2.6	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	66	2.6	1	244971	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	66	2.6	0		5317
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	66	2.6	2	244970,244971	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	66	2.6	2	244970,244971	1655

4 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)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-17615	34.4	32.4	33.4±1	17615	7078	Groundhog Mine, Vanadium, Central District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-17616	34.4	32.4	33.4±1	17616	7078	Groundhog Mine, Vanadium, Central District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-17617	34.4	32.4	33.4±1	17617	7078	Groundhog Mine, Vanadium, Central District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
sedznpb-00465	66	2.6	Tertiary?		7078	Groundhog Mine, Vanadium, Central District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA	Groundhog	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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