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Locality Name:
Taylor Creek Tin District (Black Range Tin District), Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23

mindat Locality ID: 11066
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11066.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taylor Creek Tin District (Black Range Tin District), Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
74 Draw Mine
Alexander Mine
Boiler Peak
Diamond Creek
Juniper Mine
Nugget Gulch
Ramsey Deposit
Round Mountain
Round Mountain (Maverick Mountain)
Sawmill Creek
The Clearing

Latitude: 33°22'21"N
Longitude: 107°54'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.3725,-107.91194444444
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: Al As Au Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti V W Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti V Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAnalcimeApatiteBerylBixbyiteCalciteClayCopperCoronadite
CorundumCristobaliteDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMonaziteMordeniteNatroliteNone
PseudobrookitePyroxeneQuartzRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelStilbiteTitaniteTopaz
TridymiteZircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Alunite  (*)Analcime  (*)Beryl  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bixbyite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)Chernovite-(Y)  (*)
Cristobalite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Durangite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gasparite-(Ce)  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maxwellite  (*)Mesolite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pigeonite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Stellerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Tripuhyite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wakefieldite-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6252301022
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)625230966
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O12472031627
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812472074286
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)625230413
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O325232247202,247207104
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2523027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO24247200,247201,247205,2472085171
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO22523094
Chernovite-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(AsO4)2523046
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO22247200,247201453
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1625230599
Durangite  (*)TitaniteNaAl(AsO4)F25233247200,247202,2472106
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212472009617
Gasparite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(AsO4)2523023
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2247204,2472107437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2523030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34247200,247201,247207,24721014640
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)63247204,247205,24721057
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3252305433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62247204,2472102228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412472065591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42523014899
Maxwellite  (*)TitaniteNaFe3+(AsO4)F252303
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O1247203425
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O252312472021508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O25230405
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)32523067
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2247205,2472102994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)252302349
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O625230303
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O525230164
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22247201,24720761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212472095614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1247201598
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O25230189
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)1247205156
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O25230433
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F23247207,247208,2472101476
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO225232247200,247202458
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O42523066
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl25230605
Wakefieldite-(Y)  (*)ZirconYVO4252307


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
NAVDAT-17959252324±1   17959    48996Boiler Peak, Taylor Creek Tin District (Black Range Tin District), Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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