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Locality Name:
Taylor Creek District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33034
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33034.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taylor Creek District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Adobe Ranch
Beaverhead
Juniper Locality
Kemp Mesa
Nugget Gulch
Sawmill Creek
Squaw Creek Mine

Latitude: 33°27'40"N
Longitude: 108°1'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.461111111111,-108.01916666667

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 Ba Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Ce Fe H O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousBerylBixbyiteCalciteClayCoronaditeCorundumCristobaliteDiaspore
FeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMonaziteMordeniteNonePseudobrookiteQuartzRutileSpinel
StilbiteTitaniteTopazTridymiteZircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bixbyite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)Chernovite-(Y)  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Durangite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gasparite-(Ce)  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maxwellite  (*)
Mordenite  (*)Opal  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Stellerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Tripuhyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812442804286
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61244280413
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O32244275,244280104
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124427827770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO25244275,244276,244278,244280,2442815171
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO2094
Chernovite-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(AsO4)124428146
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO23244276,244278,244280453
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161244280599
Durangite  (*)TitaniteNaAl(AsO4)F12442806
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22244276,2442809617
Gasparite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(AsO4)124428123
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12442817437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36244274,244275,244276,244278,244280,24428114640
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6124428057
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312442755433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62244276,2442802228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Maxwellite  (*)TitaniteNaFe3+(AsO4)F12442813
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O1244281405
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3244276,244278,2442802994
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O52244280,244281164
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24244276,244278,244280,24428161156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2244280,244281598
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O1244281189
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1244280433
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F22244278,2442801476
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO22244280,244281458
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O4124428166



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070368Squaw Creek Mine, Taylor Creek District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070368
R060955Squaw Creek Mine, Taylor Creek District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060955


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