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Locality Name:
Baldy District, Cimarron Range, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33041
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33041.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baldy District, Cimarron Range, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Ajax Mine
Baldy Mountain
Baldy Tunnel
Ben Hur Claim
Black Horse Mine
Bull Of The Woods Claim
French Henry Ridge
Montezuma Mine (Big Jacko Lode)
Paragon Claim
Rebel Chief Mine
Ute Creek
Ute Creek Placers
Willow Creek Placers

Latitude: 36°37'45"N
Longitude: 105°10'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.629166666667,-105.18277777778

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 Au Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
EpidoteKaoliniteMalachiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteTetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2244465,24446627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12444685707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24244465,244466,244476,24448227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612444664135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2244465,2444668173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2244465,24448224243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS0131
Gold  (*)CopperAu10244465,244468,244472,244473,244475,244476,244477,244478,244480,24448430554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12444652812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124447314640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412444655591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124446812537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28244465,244466,244475,244476,244477,244478,244480,24448239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83244465,244466,2444829056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26244465,244466,244468,244478,244480,24448261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S0510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025



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