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Locality Name:
Luna Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 18054
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18054.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luna Co., New Mexico, USA": 204
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 175

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Black Mountain
Burdick-Bisbee Hills
Camel Mountain-Eagle Nest District
Carrizalillo District
Cookes Peak District
Cookes Range
Deming
Emerald Mine
Florida Mts
Fluorite Ridge District
Fort Cummings
Fremont District
Lindberg Agate Claims
Little Florida Mountains District
Little Florida Mts
Mirage
Red Mountain
Taylor Mountain
Tres Hermanas Mts
Victorio
Victorio District

Latitude: 32°9'23"N
Longitude: 107°46'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.156388888889,-107.76888888889
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 As Au B Ba Be Bi Br C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAphthitaliteAragonite
ArseniosideriteArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteCarminiteChalcopyrite
ChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumDescloiziteDiasporeDumortierite
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteFornaciteGarnetGypsumHumiteHydrotalciteKaoliniteKobellite
LillianiteMalachiteMarcasiteMeliliteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteMurdochiteNadoriteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhenakitePlancheitePrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartz
RhodoniteRocksaltRutileScapoliteScheeliteSerpentineSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelSpurrite-Afwillite
StibniteTalcTetrahedriteThomsoniteTitaniteVesuvianiteVivianiteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

153 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Åkermanite  (*)Albite  (*)
Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brindleyite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Cotunnite  (*)
Creaseyite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Danalite  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dioptase  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)
Dumortierite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fornacite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Friedrichite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Helvine  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Humite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jordisite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kettnerite  (*)Kolfanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meionite  (*)Merwinite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Molybdofornacite  (*)Monticellite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Murdochite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Népouite  (*)
Nitratine  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Perite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Plancheite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Reevesite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)Shattuckite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sidwillite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spurrite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Stolzite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Willemite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Xilingolite  (*)
Zincite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S9245841,245844,245849,245861,245864,245866,245885,245956,2460022793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22245849,2460023419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)1246002254
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O7124595650
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)10245849,245885,245903,245996,246002,246004,246028,246034,246036,2460378803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61245865966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O2245849,245850272
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)32245997,2460021534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12245849,245876,245962,246002,246013,246014,246017,246019,246021,246023,246024,2460272734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212458493092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12458851036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41245996708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2245849,2459563250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2245970,2460009052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O64245849,245885,246002,2460342060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)63246002,246005,246009919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)28245844,245848,245865,245896,245924,245962,245989,2460355509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17245839,245840,245842,245844,245849,245865,245866,245867,245885,245894,245896,245903,245932,245945,245949,245982,24602211547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)21246005172
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O187246002,246004,246006,246018,246028,246034,2460364286
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61246002413
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)23246002,246006,24603696
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71246005450
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S33245885,246002,2460181935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)3246002,246006,246029716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412460025516
Brindleyite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Ni,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)412460012
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612460291633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr5245866,245956,245968,246002,246022227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)49245835,245838,245839,245840,245841,245844,245847,245848,245849,245856,245859,245876,245880,245881,245885,245886,245889,245893,245894,245896,245899,245919,245924,245945,245949,245956,245962,245966,245967,245968,245969,245971,245972,245973,245982,245989,245996,246002,246004,246009,246013,246014,246022,246028,246029,246034,246035,246036,24603727770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)21246002178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212460025171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)26245849,245893,245896,245898,245899,245924,245962,245971,245972,245973,245982,245992,246002,246005,246006,246013,246014,246017,246019,246021,246023,246024,246027,246029,246034,2460364979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3245841,245844,2458485707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211245849,245865,245885,245889,245900,245924,245956,246000,246002,246017,24603427198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl8245841,245849,245861,245864,245885,245924,246002,2460261382
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F21246002285
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O10245844,245848,245865,245866,245867,245977,246005,246028,246029,2460343531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)83246034,246036,2460371756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F22245840,246002236
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)4245866,245962,246002,246009363
Copper  (*)CopperCu12458673846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1812459961008
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161245885227
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl22246002,24602854
Creaseyite  (*)NoneCu2Pb2Fe3+2Si5O17·6H2O124586627
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161245926599
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21245996327
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2245865,2458672970
Danalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S2246002,24603658
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)2246002,246019378
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62245996,2460024135
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O2245866,246005164
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)25245849,245982,246002,246005,2460299895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)2246005,246022220
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O181245958231
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)7245844,245849,245962,245992,245996,246002,2460378173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1246002814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF239245838,245839,245849,245862,245874,245876,245877,245880,245883,245885,245886,245894,245903,245906,245907,245908,245909,245910,245911,245912,245913,245915,245918,245919,245920,245929,245932,245945,245949,245962,246002,246004,246006,246019,246028,246029,246034,246036,2460379617
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)2245866,24595685
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12459261188
Friedrichite  (*)MeneghiniteCu5Pb5Bi7S18124600243
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS32245839,245847,245849,245857,245859,245865,245876,245877,245885,245889,245894,245896,245903,245924,245956,245962,245966,245967,245968,245969,245970,245982,245992,245998,245999,246000,246002,246014,246028,246029,246034,24603624243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S41246002192
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O73245840,245956,246002114
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)8245965,245982,246004,246005,246022,246028,246029,2460347437
Gold  (*)CopperAu5245841,245844,245924,245956,24600230554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)37245996,246002,246004,246028,246034,246036,2460371544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12458496890
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S8246002,246004,246006,246018,246028,246034,246036,246037237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O35245849,245926,245982,246002,24600514640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O9245849,245962,245965,245982,246002,246005,246022,246034,2460361689
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161245885243
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)3246002,246006,246028469
Humite  (*)HumiteMg7(SiO4)3F2124600280
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62245962,2460021066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312458855433
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)1245876123
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62245982,2460052228
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS21245876102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43245954,245970,2460055591
Kettnerite  (*)BismutiteCaBiO(CO3)F6246002,246004,246028,246029,246034,24603646
Kolfanite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·2H2O12460027
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O48245849,245900,245942,245962,245982,245992,245996,24600214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215245844,245846,245847,245848,245865,245896,245900,245924,245962,245977,245989,246005,246029,246034,24603512537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)4245936,245937,245938,245949770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212460025674
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)1246036176
Merwinite  (*)AphthitaliteCa3Mg(SiO4)2124599623
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12458494924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl8245866,245962,245972,245977,245982,246002,246005,2460221107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23246002,246018,2460365800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO31245876140
Molybdofornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(MoO4)(AsO4)(OH)2245962,24597217
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)1245996153
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)3245866,246005,246029362
Murdochite  (*)MurdochiteCu12Pb2O15Cl2124586634
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216245839,245841,245849,245865,245885,245903,245954,245958,245970,245982,246002,246004,246006,246028,246034,24603617380
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61245849254
Népouite  (*)Serpentine ClayNi3Si2O5(OH)4124600266
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)124584991
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3245942,245965,2459822994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)5245849,245903,245942,245996,2460022349
Perite  (*)NadoritePbBiO2Cl3246002,246029,24603427
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212460022273
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O2245866,24600574
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO21245849158
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61245849477
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)4245866,246002,246004,246018494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)22245903,2459961898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31245849733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312458491425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS232245839,245843,245844,245847,245849,245857,245859,245865,245876,245885,245889,245900,245903,245907,245924,245956,245966,245967,245968,245969,245970,245982,245996,245998,245999,246000,246002,246004,246017,246028,246034,24603539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO24245936,245937,245938,2459563106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3246002,246003,2460051725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82246002,2460289056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO264245835,245836,245838,245839,245840,245841,245842,245844,245847,245848,245849,245859,245865,245866,245876,245879,245882,245885,245886,245889,245893,245894,245896,245899,245900,245903,245906,245907,245909,245913,245918,245919,245924,245925,245942,245945,245946,245949,245956,245958,245962,245966,245967,245968,245969,245971,245982,245989,245996,246000,246002,246004,246005,246009,246013,246014,246019,246028,246029,246033,246034,246035,246036,24603761156
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O124600248
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12460021711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1246028969
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)23246005,246034,246036454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO24246002,246028,246029,2460345614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1245849598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)10245998,246002,246004,246006,246018,246028,246033,246034,246036,2460374894
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)2124586671
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3245839,246002,2460096417
Sidwillite  (*)NoneMoO3·2H2O12458763
Silver  (*)CopperAg7245841,245844,245924,245956,245959,245968,2460025186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)24245847,245849,245859,245876,245893,245896,245898,245899,245956,245962,245971,245972,245973,246002,246004,246005,246013,246014,246017,246019,246021,246022,246023,2460242473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)32246002,2460341214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS25245839,245847,245849,245857,245859,245865,245873,245876,245885,245889,245903,245924,245956,245962,245966,245967,245968,245969,245970,245982,245998,245999,246002,246028,24603421482
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)124599654
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS44245841,245849,246002,246026586
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1245926446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312460053418
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)2246002,246006156
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1245841332
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212460023337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO3245849,245865,2458671101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312460025317
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O3245921,245926,245942452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2245849,2459964899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)25246002,246004,246028,246034,2460362562
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl7245849,245859,245866,245871,245967,246002,246029605
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)104245996,246002,246034,2460361395
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO410245849,245956,245962,245965,245972,245977,246002,246005,246022,246029303
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO35245962,245972,245973,245996,2460021247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO49245866,245877,245962,245968,245972,246002,246006,246019,2460361655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS1246002372
Xilingolite  (*)LillianitePb3Bi2S62246002,2460287
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO124595698
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2245926,2460025251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2245849,2459961025


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SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050236South Peak (South Sisters Peak), Tres Hermanas District, Tres Hermanas Mts, Luna Co., New Mexico, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050236

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