Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Hidalgo Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 21773
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21773.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hidalgo Co., New Mexico, USA": 201
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 177

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Adobe Creek
Animas District
Animas Valley
Antelope Wells Prospect
Apache Hills
Apache No. 2 District
Big Hatchet Mountains District
Cap Rock Mountain District
Clanton Draw
Fremont District
Hatchet Mountains
Peloncillo Hills
Peloncillo Mts
Pyramid Mts
Red Hill District
Rodeo Area
Steeple Rock Area
Steins Pass District
Sylvanite District
Walnut Wells Area
Yankee Dog Claim

Latitude: 31°57'50"N
Longitude: 108°40'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.963888888889,-108.67277777778

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 Bi Br C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenic
ArseniosideriteArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteCarminiteChalcanthite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDiaspore
DigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteFornaciteGarnetGypsumKaoliniteKobelliteLillianite
LinariteMalachiteMedenbachiteMelanteriteMicaMixiteMolybdeniteMurdochiteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPerovskitePhenakitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScapolite
ScheeliteSerpentineSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitanite
TourmalineTurquoiseWollastoniteZircon

143 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenogoyazite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aschamalmite  (*)Augite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Austinite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cuprotungstite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dravite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Emmonsite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fornacite  (*)
Fraipontite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goyazite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Hinsdalite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Jixianite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kettnerite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Ludjibaite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)Matildite  (*)
Meionite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Murdochite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Niter  (*)
Nitratine  (*)Nitrocalcite  (*)Nuffieldite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pennantite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)
Plumbogummite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pseudoboleite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Romanèchite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Saponite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Shattuckite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stolzite  (*)
Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Timroseite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vikingite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Yakhontovite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S6245496,245535,245572,245590,245608,2456122793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)29245528,245607,245619,245624,245625,245639,245640,245644,2456463419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)3245503,245504,245505254
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O4245504,245505,245506,24550790
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)8245528,245619,245624,245625,245632,245640,245643,2456468803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512456191310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)34245461,245501,245526,2456191534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2245503,2455942734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212455313092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)2245528,2456191036
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O1245503194
Arsenogoyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6124550421
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS8245461,245478,245503,245528,245619,245625,245629,2456409052
Aschamalmite  (*)LillianitePb6-3xBi2+xS9124550316
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O62245528,2456192060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)67245503,245504,245506,245507,245510,245555,245578919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)3245503,245504,24550571
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O3245478,245489,2456191272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)215245461,245468,245478,245503,245515,245545,245557,245559,245563,245578,245583,245601,245629,245638,2456445509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13245503,245531,245545,245547,245559,245568,245572,245576,245592,245619,245633,245634,24563911547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62245503,245504413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71245578450
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3245481,245496,2455031966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312456331935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)5245461,245462,245619,245629,245647716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS49245515,245524,245531,245537,245538,245545,245559,245607,2456085516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62245503,2455451633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr6245461,245462,245504,245505,245507,245517227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)47245452,245460,245461,245462,245483,245500,245503,245504,245506,245507,245515,245526,245533,245537,245543,245545,245546,245550,245551,245559,245561,245562,245572,245573,245587,245588,245589,245591,245593,245596,245601,245607,245608,245620,245624,245625,245629,245634,245638,245639,245640,245641,245643,245644,245646,245647,24564927770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)62245504,245541359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)22245504,245505178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)16245482,245483,245485,245503,245504,245505,245507,245514,245545,245546,245554,245555,245568,245576,245594,2456444979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O3245528,245546,245619925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12245462,245503,245511,245531,245543,245545,245559,245607,245608,245619,245625,2456385707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS257245460,245461,245481,245499,245501,245502,245503,245515,245516,245524,245531,245535,245537,245538,245541,245542,245543,245544,245545,245546,245548,245550,245551,245556,245557,245558,245559,245561,245562,245563,245564,245565,245566,245569,245572,245573,245574,245575,245579,245580,245583,245601,245607,245608,245623,245624,245625,245629,245632,245634,245639,245640,245643,245644,245646,245647,24564827198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)83245545,245619,245624577
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12245462,245503,245534,245535,245543,245567,245572,245590,245607,245608,245617,2456181382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O13245461,245462,245481,245500,245503,245504,245507,245511,245528,245545,245607,245619,2456383531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812456191756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12456191025
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)4245503,245504,245505,245507363
Copper  (*)CopperCu6245503,245528,245558,245559,245563,2455753846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4245503,245528,245545,2455464165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161245592599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3245528,245541,2455632970
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)22245461,24546267
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)4245504,245547,245553,245581378
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S12455311027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62245496,2456194135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2245528,245555648
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)1245503220
Emmonsite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)3·2H2O124561934
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)9245461,245501,245503,245528,245607,245619,245624,245638,2456398173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF226245452,245453,245461,245473,245504,245519,245532,245533,245536,245541,245544,245551,245552,245553,245569,245584,245587,245592,245595,245598,245599,245600,245601,245606,245619,2456499617
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)124550485
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)43245504,245507,24551049
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS55245456,245460,245461,245468,245469,245470,245482,245483,245488,245499,245501,245502,245503,245510,245513,245514,245515,245516,245517,245524,245525,245531,245535,245537,245541,245542,245543,245544,245545,245546,245548,245550,245551,245556,245559,245561,245562,245563,245564,245565,245569,245572,245573,245574,245575,245579,245583,245594,245607,245608,245619,245629,245637,245640,24564424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)5245460,245462,245481,245503,2455457437
Gold  (*)CopperAu18245461,245478,245517,245528,245543,245547,245586,245607,245623,245625,245629,245630,245632,245640,245641,245643,245646,24564730554
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61245545173
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3245468,245503,2455076890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61245461741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315245460,245462,245503,245531,245540,245541,245544,245545,245551,245559,245566,245573,245607,245629,24564714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12245460,245461,245462,245503,245504,245505,245506,245507,245552,245559,245568,2455941689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1245640804
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6124554582
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161245592243
Jixianite  (*)Pyrochlore(Pb   )(W1.33Fe3+0.67)O6(H2O)2245461,2454623
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62245504,2455071066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312456195433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)66245503,245545,245546,245547,245619,2456472228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)44245496,245501,245528,2456025591
Kettnerite  (*)BismutiteCaBiO(CO3)F124546246
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)2245528,245559234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21245567987
Ludjibaite  (*)MedenbachiteCu5(PO4)2(OH)4124554512
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O48245461,245528,245545,245602,245624,245632,245638,24564714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)225245462,245468,245471,245479,245480,245481,245503,245504,245505,245507,245510,245515,245545,245546,245550,245557,245559,245563,245568,245580,245601,245629,245633,245638,24564412537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO1245528202
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS21245503252
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)1245643176
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2245619,245623915
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12456194924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl7245503,245504,245505,245507,245594,245619,2456441107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O1245503168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS24245559,245624,245638,2456395800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)14245461,245462,245507,245510,245528,245545,245552,245553,245581,245584,245594,245602,245619,245644362
Murdochite  (*)MurdochiteCu12Pb2O15Cl22245504,24550734
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212245461,245462,245496,245541,245546,245551,245559,245619,245629,245632,245643,24564717380
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)5245450,245458,245602,245603,245604181
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)124560291
Nitrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(NO3)2·4H2O124545046
Nuffieldite  (*)KobelliteCu1.4Pb2.4Bi2.4Sb0.2S7124550332
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)2245504,245545492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O4245459,245493,245494,2455002994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)4245528,245624,245630,2456432349
Pennantite  (*)Chlorite ClayMn2+5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8124554125
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212455032273
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te3124561957
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO23245504,245505,245507158
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61245545170
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)4245528,245619,245637,245639494
Pseudoboleite  (*)NonePb31Cu24Cl62(OH)48124554533
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)43245528,245545,245559369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS229245461,245478,245503,245511,245531,245541,245544,245545,245546,245551,245559,245566,245573,245601,245607,245608,245617,245623,245625,245629,245632,245634,245638,245639,245640,245643,245644,245646,24564739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO28245478,245528,245588,245591,245593,245595,245596,2456473106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2245545,2455941725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84245503,245623,245638,2456449056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO270245452,245459,245461,245478,245479,245480,245481,245483,245485,245493,245494,245500,245503,245526,245528,245531,245533,245537,245541,245542,245543,245544,245545,245546,245548,245551,245556,245558,245559,245561,245562,245563,245564,245565,245569,245573,245575,245579,245580,245583,245587,245588,245591,245593,245594,245595,245600,245601,245607,245608,245618,245619,245623,245624,245625,245629,245630,245632,245634,245636,245637,245638,245639,245640,245641,245643,245644,245646,245647,24565061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2245531,2455611711
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O101245595312
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)210245461,245462,245503,245504,245506,245507,245552,245553,245568,245594454
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1245528598
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O2245528,245582301
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12245461,245462,245478,245494,245498,245503,245521,245525,245526,245619,245627,2456314894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O3245478,245619,2456251153
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)22245461,24546271
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3245496,245528,2455416417
Silver  (*)CopperAg5245503,245535,245572,245590,2456345186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs32245619,245625531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)9245468,245470,245482,245503,245510,245559,245584,245619,2456442473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS36245461,245468,245469,245482,245501,245502,245503,245513,245514,245516,245531,245537,245541,245542,245544,245546,245548,245551,245559,245561,245562,245563,245572,245573,245574,245575,245579,245583,245607,245608,245619,245629,245634,245640,245644,24564721482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS42245481,245531586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33245455,245496,2456193418
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)2245461,245462156
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe1245619190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te32245640,245647276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312454961803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2245481,2455571101
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S10245623,245625,245629,245630,245632,245640,245642,245643,245646,245647510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132245503,2455285317
Timroseite  (*)Not in a structural groupPb2Cu5(TeO6)2(OH)22245503,2455068
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3245528,245619,2456244899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22245526,2456192562
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe1245619100
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O3245503,245586,245597484
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl12245507,245510,245549,245552,245553,245560,245577,245578,245584,245594,245614,245626605
Vikingite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb8Bi13S30124546027
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO45245461,245462,245504,245507,245594303
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312454961247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO421245461,245504,245505,245507,245510,245545,245546,245547,245549,245552,245553,245554,245555,245560,245567,245568,245576,245578,245581,245584,2455941655
Yakhontovite  (*)Smectite-vermiculite Clay(Ca,Na,K)0.2(Cu,Fe,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·3H2O12455035
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2245528,2456195251



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