Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lechuguilla Cave, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 21775
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21775.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lechuguilla Cave, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°11'26"N
Longitude: 104°30'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.190555555556,-104.50305555556

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fritzscheite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Sulphur

Alunite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*
Greigite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Huntite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Metatyuyamunite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Nordstrandite ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Todorokite ()*
Tyuyamunite ()*	Witherite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr U V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fritzscheite Gypsum Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite Mica None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Sulphur

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	62
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	69
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	341
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	581
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	210
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Metatyuyamunite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	129
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	128
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	64
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	306
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	177
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	105
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	628
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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