Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lake Valley District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 21700
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21700.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Valley District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Sierra Apache Group
Sierra Bella Group
Sierra Grande Mine
Sierra Plata

Latitude: 32°43'15"N
Longitude: 107°34'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.720833333333,-107.57138888889

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.

Acanthite	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Braunite	Calcite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Descloizite
Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Melanterite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Augite ()*	Braunite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Descloizite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Groutite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Iodargyrite ()*	Mallardite ()*	Manganite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramsdellite ()*
Romanèchite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Todorokite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr V W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Analcime Apatite Aragonite Braunite Calcite Copper Coronadite Corundum Descloizite
Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Melanterite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Ramsdellite Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Wurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	0		2793
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	0		1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	0		483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	247134	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	247127,247134	1382
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	0		599
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	247133	378
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Groutite ()*	Diaspore	Mn³⁺O(OH)	0		72
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	1	247133	180
Mallardite ()*	Melanterite	Mn(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		14
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	247134	770
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	0		362
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	0		733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	247134,247135	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂	0		88
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	0		312
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0		4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	247135	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	0		586
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	0		433
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	2	247125,247133	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	247135	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050552	Lake Valley District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA	https://rruff.info/R050552

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