Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Elk Mountain District, San Miguel Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 22022
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22022.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elk Mountain District, San Miguel Co., New Mexico, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Betty Jean Deposit
Cold Bottom Deposit
Cow Creek
Elk Mountain Deposit (Kept Man Deposit)
Guy No. 1 Deposit
Guy No. 2 Mine
Sparks-Stone Pegmatite
Thin Top Deposit

Latitude: 35°46'43"N
Longitude: 105°31'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.778611111111,-105.53222222222

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.

Beryl	Bismutite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	None	Quartz

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: Al Be Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Na Nb O Si Ta Th Ti U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Nb O Si Ti Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Bismutite Clay Columbite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica None Quartz

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismutite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Spessartine ()*
Uraninite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	246584,246587,246588,246591	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	246588	716
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	0		414
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	246584,246586,246587	9617
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	6	246584,246585,246586,246587,246588,246591	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	246584,246585,246586,246587,246588,246591	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	246584,246585,246587,246588,246591	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	246588	353
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	4	246584,246586,246587,246588	1214
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	246588	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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