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Locality Name:
Memphis Mine (Roos Shaft; Ross Shaft [?]), Organ, Organ District, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 4448
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4448.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Memphis Mine (Roos Shaft; Ross Shaft [?]), Organ, Organ District, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°25'48"N
Longitude: 106°35'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.43,-106.5925
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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si Te V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si Te V W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBismutiteBrochantiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGarnetKobellite
LinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurTetradymiteWollastonite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)0254
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S40192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4073
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO0202
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S0510
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO40303
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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