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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

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.

Acanthite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite
Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Marcasite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Polybasite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

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 ()*

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:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite
Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Löllingite Marcasite Millerite Nickeline None Perovskite Polybasite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite Vivianite Wurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	66	2.6	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	66	2.6	2734
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	66	2.6	445
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	66	2.6	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66	2.6	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	2.6	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	66	2.6	577
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	66	2.6	1382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	66	2.6	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	66	2.6	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	66	2.6	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66	2.6	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	66	2.6	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	66	2.6	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	66	2.6	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	66	2.6	5674
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	66	2.6	51
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	66	2.6	1066
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	66	2.6	633
Nimite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Ni,Mg,Al)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	66	2.6	15
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	66	2.6	767
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	66	2.6	249
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	66	2.6	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	2.6	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	2.6	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	66	2.6	233
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	66	2.6	317
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	66	2.6	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	66	2.6	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	66	2.6	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	66	2.6	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	66	2.6	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	66	2.6	668
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	66	2.6	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	66	2.6	1803
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	66	2.6	2718

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
	sedznpb-00448	66	2.6	Tertiary?											7188	Black Hawk Mine, Black Hawk District (Bullard's Peak District), Big Burro Mts, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA	Black Hawk	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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