Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rociada District, Mora Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 21815
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21815.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rociada District, Mora Co., New Mexico, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pidlite Deposit
Rociada Lepidolite Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Löllingite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Tourmaline
Wollastonite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Diopside ()*	Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Topaz ()*
Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Beryl Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Löllingite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Topaz Tourmaline
Wollastonite Zircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	246202	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	1	246202	244
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	246202	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	246202	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	246202,246203	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	246203	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	0		1008
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	246202	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	246202	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	246202	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	246202	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	246202	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	246202	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	246202	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	0		1711
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	246202	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	246202	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	246202	688
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	0		1803
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	246202	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0		1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	246202	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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