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Locality Name:
White Signal District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 21840
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21840.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "White Signal District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 35
Child Localities:
Acme Mine
Alhambra-Bluebell No. 2 Mine
Apache Trail Claim
Banner Mine
Bisbee Mine
Blackman Mine
Blue Jay Mine
Bluebird Deposit (Friday Deposit)
Bouncing Bet Mine
Calamity Mine
California Mine
Chapman Turquoise Mine
Combination Mine
Copper Glance Mine
Edmunds Shaft
Eugenie Mine
Floyd Collins Mine
Gold Lake Mine
Golden Eagle Mine
Hummer Mine (Good Luck Mine)
Inez Mine
Merry Widow Mine
New Years Gift Mine
Paddy Ford Mine
Paymaster Mine
Red Bird Mine
Red Dodson Adit
Red Hill Turquoise Mine
Russell Pegmatite
Shamrock Mine
Timmer Mine
Tullock Shaft
Tunnel Site No. 1 Claim
Uncle Sam Mine
Wheatly Pegmatite

Latitude: 32°33'17"N
Longitude: 108°18'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.554722222222,-108.31527777778
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 Au Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Cu Fe H Mg Nb O S Si Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousAragoniteArsenicAutuniteBismutiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetKaolinite
MalachiteMeta-autuniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelTalcTurquoiseZircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bassetite  (*)Bismite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Quartz  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Torbernite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3245405,245430,2454332793
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O3245406,245416,2454211272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212454315509
Bassetite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10124542151
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O31245421214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12454171966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2245421,245422716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3245405,245407,24541427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12454334979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1245421925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2245415,2454315707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124542127198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl4245405,245426,245430,2454331382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12454208173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O62245428,245434414
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22245405,2454339617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4245405,245414,245426,24543324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu5245408,245417,245420,245421,24542230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124542114640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412454325591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124542114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124540812537
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1245421388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1245421443
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2245428,2454344924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23245421,245428,24543417380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2245421,2454312994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212245403,245406,245411,245414,245416,245419,245421,245422,245425,245429,245431,24543339462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)31245417341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213245406,245408,245416,245419,245421,245422,245425,245427,245428,245429,245431,245433,24543461156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O80353
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12454216417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124541421482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O10245400,245401,245406,245410,245415,245416,245420,245421,245422,2454311059
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O2245411,245427484
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22245406,2454212718
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412454331655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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