Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Uncle Sam Mine, White Signal District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 7991
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7991.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Uncle Sam Mine, White Signal District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°31'32"N
Longitude: 108°18'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.525555555556,-108.31194444444

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	Aragonite	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite

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 C Ca Cl F Fe Mo O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Ca Cl F Fe Mo O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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