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Locality Name:
Copper Mine (Copperton Mine), Old Hadley Mining District (Graphic Mining District), Cookes Peak District, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33698
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33698.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Mine (Copperton Mine), Old Hadley Mining District (Graphic Mining District), Cookes Peak District, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Br Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Br Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneApatiteBaryteDescloiziteFornaciteMurdochiteNonePlancheite
QuartzRocksaltScheelite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Creaseyite  (*)Dioptase  (*)Fornacite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Murdochite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Powellite  (*)Quartz  (*)Shattuckite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr0227
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Creaseyite  (*)NoneCu2Pb2Fe3+2Si5O17·6H2O027
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O0164
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)085
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)0362
Murdochite  (*)MurdochiteCu12Pb2O15Cl2034
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O074
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)0494
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)2071
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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