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Locality Name:
Tijeras Canyon District, Bernalillo Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 16158
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16158.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tijeras Canyon District, Bernalillo Co., New Mexico, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Coyote Canyon
Coyote Springs
Highland Mary Mine (Frustration Mine)
Little Daisy Mine
Longfellow Mine
Mary M Group (Great Combination Group)
Octaroon Mine
P & G Deposit
Tijeras
Unnamed Prospect
Whitcomb's Spring
York Mine

Latitude: 35°2'10"N
Longitude: 106°25'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.036111111111,-106.42694444444

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: Ag Al Au Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si Sr Ti V Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Ti V Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumDescloiziteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMicaMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteZircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Titanite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12441952793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2244190,2441932734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4244190,244193,244197,24419811547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2244190,24420027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12441904979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12441955707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23244193,244196,24420227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12441952970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24244190,244193,244197,2442009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3244190,244193,24419724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2244196,24420230554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12442012812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32244190,24420214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23244190,244193,24419712537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)0362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22244196,24420239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12442001725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24244190,244196,244197,24420261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3244190,244196,24420221482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1244199589
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)0251
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



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