Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Laughlin Peak, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 21845
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21845.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laughlin Peak, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°37'31"N
Longitude: 104°11'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.625277777778,-104.18555555556

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	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	None	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Baryte ()*	Brockite ()*	Calcite ()*	Crandallite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Thorite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Th Ti U Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Clay Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite None Pyroxene
Quartz Rhabdophane Rutile Spinel Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Brockite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO₄)·H₂O	48
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	310
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	112
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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