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Locality Name:
Independence Lode, Victorio District, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 134141
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134141.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Independence Lode, Victorio District, Luna 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

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 As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteCalciteClayCorundumDescloiziteDiaspore
KaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePlancheitePyrochloreQuartzStibnite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Dioptase  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)20172
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O70450
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O0164
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)0220
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)0362
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O074
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO40303



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