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Locality Name:
Manzano Mountains, Torrance Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 21884
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21884.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manzano Mountains, Torrance Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel
Staurolite	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti U V Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Kaolinite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel
Staurolite Titanite Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1184
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	376
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	327
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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