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Locality Name:
Tularosa District, Otero Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1

mindat Locality ID: 33127
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33127.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tularosa District, Otero Co., New Mexico, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bent
Coyote Prospect
Valmont
Virginia Mine

Latitude: 33°7'57"N
Longitude: 105°53'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.1325,-105.89694444444
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: Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au C Ca Cu Fe Mo O S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDigeniteGypsumMalachiteMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21112462625509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11124626211547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41112462625516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1112462625707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211124626227198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1103846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1102970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1101027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21112462629895
Gold  (*)CopperAu11030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1112462586890
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31105433
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211124626212537
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O111246261223
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21105800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211124626239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1106417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11021482


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
sedcu-0073711Quaternary       Cu33127Tularosa District, Otero Co., New Mexico, USATularosaCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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