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Locality Name:
Lone Star Mine (La Bajada Mine), La Bajada District, Santa Fe Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 21847
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21847.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lone Star Mine (La Bajada Mine), La Bajada District, Santa Fe Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°32'59"N
Longitude: 106°12'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.549722222222,-106.20805555556
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: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O S Ti U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O S Ti U V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopiapiteFluoriteGermaniteMarcasiteMelanteriteMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteSphaleriteSulphurVoltaite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Butlerite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Colusite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Crednerite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Parabutlerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Voltaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O60248
Butlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O026
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S160110
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Crednerite  (*)NoneCuMnO2035
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Parabutlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O023
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O0628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O0111


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