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Locality Name:
Caballo Mountain District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33149
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33149.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caballo Mountain District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 28
Child Localities:
Billiken Mine
Caballos Development And Mining Co. Property
Caballos Mountain Mining & Leaching Co. Property
Carolyn Deposit (Paxton Deposit)
Carroll Prospect
Cox Mine
Cutter
Dewey-White Swan Prospects
Gladys Claim
Governor Prospects (Imperial Prospects)
Harding Prospect
Illinois Group Claims
Independence Mine (Bluejacket Mine)
Lone Tree Prospect
Marian Mine (Marion Mine; Victorio Chief Mine; Victoria Mine; Fidelity Group; Marion Claim; Ida Claim; Cora Claim; Rebecca Claim; Hillsborough Claim)
Napolean - Rosa Lee Prospect
Oakland Mine (White Star; Universal)
Oohoo Mine
Owl Mine
Parker Prospect
Plainview Prospect
Red Top Annex
Red Top Vein
Rio Grande Mine
Rockhouse Prospect
Sunset Prospect
Tingley Prospect
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 33°2'33"N
Longitude: 107°9'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.0425,-107.16333333333

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brannerite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	Minium	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Analcime ()*	Anglesite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Minium ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Spinel ()*	Tenorite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vanadinite ()*
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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brannerite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite
Malachite Mica Minium None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Tridymite

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	0		1022
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	0		1627
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	4	246887,246896,246901,246908	2734
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5	246887,246888,246900,246903,246913	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	246889,246896,246900,246901,246908	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4	246888,246899,246900,246903	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	0		248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	246893,246896,246900,246901,246902,246903,246908	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	6	246887,246888,246891,246896,246901,246908	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	246888,246900,246903	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	246887,246888,246900,246903	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	246900	3531
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	0		94
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3	246896,246901,246908	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3	246887,246900,246903	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	246893	378
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	17	246890,246891,246893,246895,246896,246897,246898,246899,246900,246901,246902,246905,246906,246908,246909,246911,246912	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10	246887,246888,246891,246893,246896,246900,246901,246902,246906,246908	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	246905	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	246900,246903,246906	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	246887,246888,246893,246900,246903,246913	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	0		247
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	246893	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	0		884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	246901	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	3	246896,246901,246908	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	246896,246900,246902,246903	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		375
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	0		1101
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	246906	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	246906	890
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	9	246886,246892,246893,246894,246896,246901,246904,246907,246908	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	5	246891,246893,246896,246901,246908	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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