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Locality Name:
Buckhorn Mine, Gallinas Mts, Red Cloud District, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3984
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3984.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buckhorn Mine, Gallinas Mts, Red Cloud District, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sr V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sr V Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteCovellite
CyanotrichiteDescloiziteDigeniteFluoriteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteScheelite
SpangoliteTetrahedriteWurtziteZircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Arsentsumebite  (*)Austinite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Cornubite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Shattuckite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)0254
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)037
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)071
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)40109
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)20179
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)0220
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI0180
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)0362
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)2071
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O0105
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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