Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Los Alamos Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2

mindat Locality ID: 21976
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21976.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Los Alamos Co., New Mexico, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
White Rock Canyon

Latitude: 35°49'13"N
Longitude: 106°10'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.820277777778,-106.17833333333

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.

Baryte	Clay	Cristobalite	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Tridymite

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 Ba Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Clay Cristobalite Feldspar Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Tridymite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Celadonite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Saponite ()*	Tridymite ()*

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
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	4	2	0		2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	2	0		11547
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	4	2	1	245832	309
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	4	2	0		453
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	2	0		2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	2	0		61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	2	0		598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	4	2	0		301
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	4	2	0		458

2 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
	NAVDAT-31171	4	2	3±1					31171						50446	White Rock Canyon, Los Alamos Co., New Mexico, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-31174	4	2	3±1					31174						50446	White Rock Canyon, Los Alamos Co., New Mexico, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

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