Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 33042
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33042.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cimarroncito District, Cimarron Range, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Anaconda Mine
Contention Mine
Craig Prospect
Garst Mine
Thunder Mine

Latitude: 36°30'29"N
Longitude: 105°6'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.508055555556,-105.10444444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Garnet	Malachite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Garnet Malachite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	244489	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	244490	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	244490	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	244486,244487,244489,244490	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	244486,244487,244489,244490	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	244486,244490	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	244486,244489	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	244487,244490	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	244487,244489,244490	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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