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Locality Name:
Black Hawk Mine, Black Hawk District (Bullard's Peak District), Big Burro Mts, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 7188
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7188.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Hawk Mine, Black Hawk District (Bullard's Peak District), Big Burro Mts, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°43'31"N
Longitude: 108°30'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.725277777778,-108.50027777778

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteCubanite
FluoriteGypsumKaoliniteLöllingiteMarcasiteMilleriteNickelineNonePerovskitePolybasite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mckinstryite  (*)Millerite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nimite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pearceite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S662.602793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)662.602734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O662.60445
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6662.60919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)662.6011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)662.6027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2662.6027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8662.60577
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl662.601382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS662.604165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3662.60802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2662.609895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS662.6024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O662.606890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3662.6014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4662.605591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2662.605674
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S4662.6051
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS662.601066
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs662.60633
Nimite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Ni,Mg,Al)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8662.6015
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS662.60767
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]662.60249
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3662.60733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2662.6039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2662.6061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2662.60233
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2662.60317
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)662.606417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4662.60249
Silver  (*)CopperAg662.605186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3662.60531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS662.6021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4662.60668
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS662.60332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13662.601803
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2662.602718



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00448662.6Tertiary?        7188Black Hawk Mine, Black Hawk District (Bullard's Peak District), Big Burro Mts, Grant Co., New Mexico, USABlack HawkSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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