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Locality Name:
Macho District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33160
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33160.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Macho District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Anniversary Shaft
Old Dude Shaft
Victory Claims

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: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCoronaditeCorundumDescloiziteEpidote
FeldsparMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTridymite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2247146,2471472734
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124714711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3247146,247147,24714827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2247146,2471474979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12471475707
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O160227
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)0378
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2247146,24714724243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2247146,2471471689
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124714712537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22247146,24714739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124714761156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2247146,2471472473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2247146,24714721482
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO20458
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl2247146,247147605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO40303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42247146,2471471655


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