Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Point Of Rocks Quarry, Point Of Rocks Mesa (Pecks Mesa), Springer, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3968
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3968.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Point Of Rocks Quarry, Point Of Rocks Mesa (Pecks Mesa), Springer, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°26'1"N
Longitude: 104°10'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.433611111111,-104.16888888889

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Astrophyllite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite
Corundum	Cubanite	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Natrolite	Neptunite	Nickeline	None
Pectolite	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite
Wöhlerite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Brenkite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Cryolite ()*	Eudialyte ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kenyaite ()*	Kogarkoite ()*	Kupletskite ()*	Lorenzenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Manganoneptunite ()*	Microcline ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Neptunite ()*
Normandite ()*	Opal ()*	Paranatrolite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Polylithionite ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rasvumite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rosenbuschite ()*	Searlesite ()*	Serandite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Thermonatrite ()*	Thorbastnäsite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Trona ()*
Villiaumite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apatite Aragonite Astrophyllite Baryte Bastnäsite Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite
Corundum Cubanite Eudialyte Feldspar Fluorite Mica Natrolite Neptunite Nickeline None
Pectolite Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Tridymite
Wöhlerite Zircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Brenkite ()*	None	Ca₂(CO₃)F₂	4
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	232
Cryolite ()*	Perovskite	Na₂NaAlF₆	50
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	182
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	167
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kenyaite ()*	None	Na₂Si₂₂O₄₁(OH)₈·6H₂O	8
Kogarkoite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)F	14
Kupletskite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaMn²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	33
Lorenzenite ()*	None	Na₂Ti₂O₃(Si₂O₆)	82
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Manganoneptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiMn²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	26
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Neptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiFe²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	49
Normandite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₂(Mn,Fe)₂(Ti,Nb,Zr)₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₂F₂	10
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Paranatrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	19
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	363
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	89
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rasvumite ()*	Cubanite	KFe₂S₃	19
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rosenbuschite ()*	None	Ca₆Zr₂Na₆ZrTi(Si₂O₇)₄(OF)₂F₄	42
Searlesite ()*	None	NaBSi₂O₅(OH)₂	34
Serandite ()*	Pectolite	NaMn²⁺₂Si₃O₈(OH)	38
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Thermonatrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·H₂O	64
Thorbastnäsite ()*	Bastnäsite	ThCa(CO₃)₂F₂·3H₂O	14
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	129
Villiaumite ()*	Rocksalt	NaF	31

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-90	Point Of Rocks Quarry, Point Of Rocks Mesa (Pecks Mesa), Springer, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-76-to-fkm-100/#FKM-90

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