Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 33161
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33161.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pittsburg District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Caballo Canyon Placers (Trujillo Gulch Placers)
Lady Love No. 1 Prospect
Pulido Canyon Placers
Union Gulch Placers

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Mica	None
Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*
Romanèchite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Mica None
Quartz Rocksalt Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0		2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	247159	312

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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