Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Granite Gap, San Simon District, Peloncillo Mts, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 6719
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6719.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Granite Gap, San Simon District, Peloncillo Mts, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bob Montgomery Claim Group
Bob Montgomery Mine
Vesley Mine
World's Fair Claim Group

Latitude: 32°4'39"N
Longitude: 108°58'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.0775,-108.97916666667

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte
Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Carminite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Descloizite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Fornacite	Gypsum	Kobellite	Lillianite	Malachite	Mica
Mixite	Murdochite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise

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 Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te V W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Baryte
Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Carminite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Descloizite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Fornacite Gypsum Kobellite Lillianite Malachite Mica
Mixite Murdochite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Turquoise

64 IMA Minerals at location:

Adamite ()*	Agardite-(Y) ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenogoyazite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Aschamalmite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Austinite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Brochantite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Carminite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Duftite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Fornacite ()*	Fraipontite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*
Matildite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mixite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Murdochite ()*
Nuffieldite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Timroseite ()*	Turquoise ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Yakhontovite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	2	245504,245505	254
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	4	245504,245505,245506,245507	90
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0		2734
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	0		194
Arsenogoyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	245504	21
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Aschamalmite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_6-3xBi_2+xS₉	0		16
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	3	245504,245506,245507	919
Austinite ()*	Adelite	CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)	2	245504,245505	71
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	245504	413
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	0		1966
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	3	245504,245505,245507	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	245504,245506,245507	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	245504	359
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	2	245504,245505	178
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	245504,245505,245507	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	245504,245507	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	3	245504,245505,245507	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	245504	378
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	0		220
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	245504	9617
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	1	245504	85
Fraipontite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Zn,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	2	245504,245507	49
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	245507	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	4	245504,245505,245506,245507	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	245504,245507	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	245504,245505,245507	12537
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	0		252
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	3	245504,245505,245507	1107
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	0		168
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	245507	362
Murdochite ()*	Murdochite	Cu₁₂Pb₂O₁₅Cl₂	2	245504,245507	34
Nuffieldite ()*	Kobellite	Cu_1.4Pb_2.4Bi_2.4Sb_0.2S₇	0		32
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	245504	492
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	3	245504,245505,245507	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	245504,245506,245507	454
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0		4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Timroseite ()*	Not in a structural group	Pb₂Cu₅(TeO₆)₂(OH)₂	1	245506	8
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	0		484
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	245507	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	2	245504,245507	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	3	245504,245505,245507	1655
Yakhontovite ()*	Smectite-vermiculite Clay	(Ca,Na,K)_0.2(Cu,Fe,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·3H₂O	0		5

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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