Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Valencia Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 16160
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16160.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valencia Co., New Mexico, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Belen
Belen Area
Correo Area
Hell Canyon
Lucero Uplift
Mesa Negra
Rio Puerco Area
Scholle Area
Senora De Los Milagros Mine
Tijeras Canyon District

Latitude: 34°51'14"N
Longitude: 106°47'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.853888888889,-106.785

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum
Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt

Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Nitratine ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Strontianite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo N Na O Pb S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Calcite Copper Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum
Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	247714	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	247722	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	247714	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	247716	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	247724	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	247724	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	247724	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	247718	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	247724,247727	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	247714,247715	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	247721	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	247716,247724	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	247720	2228
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	247714	1507
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	247724	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	247718	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	247716	5800
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	1	247715	91
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	247723	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	247724,247727	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	247716	6417
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	247716	589

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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