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Locality Name:
West Burro Mts, Burro Mountains District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 34758
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34758.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Burro Mts, Burro Mountains District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Astrologer Mine
Beaumont Shaft
Bolton Mine
Foster Zinc Mine
Gardner Prospect
Lone Pine Mine
Long Lost Brother Prospect
Osmer Gold Mine
Pine Canyon Deposit
Shrine Mine
Silver Dollar Mine
Spar Hill Prospect

Latitude: 32°37'21"N
Longitude: 108°28'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.6225,-108.4825
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 Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteBismutiteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumFluoriteMolybdeniteNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12448992793
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1244905716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412449035516
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12449034979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2244898,2449005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22244898,24490027198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF28244902,244904,244905,244907,244908,244909,244910,2449119617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4244898,244899,244903,24490524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu124490530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124490514640
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22244899,2449005800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27244898,244899,244900,244901,244903,244905,24490939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29244898,244899,244900,244904,244905,244907,244908,244909,24491061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg2244899,2449095186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2244898,24490121482
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412449051655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R090036Lone Pine Mine, West Burro Mts, Burro Mountains District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USAhttps://rruff.info/R090036
R060592Lone Pine Mine, West Burro Mts, Burro Mountains District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060592
R060729Lone Pine Mine, West Burro Mts, Burro Mountains District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060729

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