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Locality Name:
Steeple Rock District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33104
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33104.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Steeple Rock District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 52
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 44

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Bitter Creek Area
Carlisle Mine
Center Mine
Copper Mine
East Camp
Fraser Brothers Mine
Goat Camp Canyon
Hilltop Mine
Jim Crow-Imperial
Laura Mine
Mohawk Mine (Bitter Creek Mine)
Mount Royal Mine
Mule Creek (Brushy Mountain Amethyst Locality; Sawmill Creek Amethyst Locality)
New Year's Gift Mine
Ontario Claim
Pennsylvania Mine
Powell (Fork) Prospect
Rattlesnake No. 1 And No. 2 Shaft
Saddleback Mountain
Smuggler Mine
Summit Mts
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks Mine
Vanderbilt Peak
Yellowjacket Adit

Latitude: 32°52'9"N
Longitude: 108°59'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.869166666667,-108.98416666667

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Dufrénite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Augite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*
Dufrénite ()*	Duftite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mottramite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nantokite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Dufrénite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	8	245307,245311,245317,245321,245324,245328,245333,245356	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	245330,245346	966
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	245333	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5	245314,245315,245334,245342,245343	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	245310,245311	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	245310,245312	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	245313,245334	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	245342,245343	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	245310	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	11	245310,245311,245314,245317,245321,245324,245326,245334,245342,245343,245357	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	6	245317,245321,245324,245328,245331,245336	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	245334,245357	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	245312	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	245334	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	245312	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	8	245313,245317,245324,245331,245333,245334,245336,245356	378
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	0		139
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	245334	220
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	10	245307,245308,245309,245311,245337,245342,245343,245344,245345,245353	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	245310,245311,245317,245321,245324,245326,245334,245343	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	245334,245356	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	13	245307,245310,245311,245313,245317,245321,245324,245326,245334,245343,245351,245354,245356	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	245334,245356	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	245335	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	245312	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	245314,245321,245334,245354	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	2	245331,245334	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	4	245333,245334,245336,245356	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Nantokite ()*	Sphalerite	CuCl	0		35
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	245335	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	245307,245337,245353,245357	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	245313,245334	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	245334,245337,245338,245339,245340,245353	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	245310	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	6	245317,245321,245324,245328,245336,245356	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	245343	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	245310,245311,245317,245321,245324,245326,245334,245343	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	245334	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	245334	303

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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