Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cuchillo Negro District, Sierra Cuchillo (Cuchillo Negro Mts), Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33150
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33150.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cuchillo Negro District, Sierra Cuchillo (Cuchillo Negro Mts), Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Becky Mine
Bootlegger Mine
Confidence Mine
Dictator Mine (Dictator Group; Dictator And Covington; Oversite Group)
Fairview Prospect
Prospectors Delight Mine
South Fork Cuchillo Creek
Unnamed Prospect
Vindicator Group (Vindicator-West Contact Group [1890's]; Vindicator And West Contact; Vindicator Mine)

Latitude: 33°21'22"N
Longitude: 107°35'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.356111111111,-107.59916666667

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Corundum	Descloizite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite
Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Geerite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Idaite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Ramsdellite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sn Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clay Corundum Descloizite Feldspar Fluorite Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Phenakite
Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Ramsdellite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Talc

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	247187	2734
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	247192	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	247187,247188,247193	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	247187	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	247188,247193	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	0		5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	247193	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	247193	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	247193	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	247193	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	247188	378
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	247186,247189,247190,247193	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	247187,247193	24243
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	0		38
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	247193	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	247187,247193	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	247188	1066
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	0		142
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	247193	2228
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	247187	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	247188,247193	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	2	247188,247193	362
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	0		164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	247189,247190,247193	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂	0		88
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	247188	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	247188,247193	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	247193	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	2	247187,247188	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	2	247187,247188	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	247187,247188	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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