Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cincinnati Vein System, Mahoney Mines Area, Tres Hermanas District, Tres Hermanas Mts, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 34970
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34970.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cincinnati Vein System, Mahoney Mines Area, Tres Hermanas District, Tres Hermanas Mts, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Black Hawk Mine
Cincinnati Mine
Hancock Mine
Marie Mine
Section 35 Prospect
Unnamed Prospects West Of Black Hawk Mine

Latitude: 31°53'37"N
Longitude: 107°45'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.893611111111,-107.75611111111

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Br C Ca Cl Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Clay Copper Diaspore Kaolinite Mica
None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	245970	9052
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1	245968	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	245966,245967,245968,245969,245971	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	245971	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	245966,245967,245968,245969,245970	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		1689
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	245970	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	245970	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	245966,245967,245968,245969,245970	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	245966,245967,245968,245969,245971	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	245968	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	245971	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	245966,245967,245968,245969,245970	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	245967	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	0		303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	245968	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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