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Locality Name:
Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 299
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 21906
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21906.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA": 172
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 154

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Ancho
Capitan Mts
Estey District
Fort Stanton Cave
Hall Deposit (Macho Deposit)
Jicarilla Mts
Jicarillo Mts
Nogal District
Oscura
Picacho
Red Cloud District
Silverton Prospect
Tecolote Iron District
White Oaks District

Latitude: 33°42'33"N
Longitude: 105°41'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.709166666667,-105.68444444444
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 As Au Ba C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H I K La Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllaniteAllophaneAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryte
BastnäsiteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteCyanotrichiteDescloiziteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsum
IlvaiteKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMixiteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskitePolybasitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSkutteruditeSpangoliteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteSulphurTalcTetrahedriteThomsonite
TitaniteTurquoiseWurtziteZircon

112 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Agardite-(La)  (*)
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Arsentsumebite  (*)Augite  (*)Austinite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Cornubite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Shattuckite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2992525245716,245722,245769,245775,2458022793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)24245671,245724,245813,2458263419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)2992521245775254
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O612456621022
Agardite-(La)  (*)MixiteLaCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O2992522245797,24579833
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2245662,2458258803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1245671706
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61245724966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212456622162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512456621310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312456621534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2992522245769,2457912734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2245662,2458121588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12456621036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)29925212457933250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12457129052
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)299252124577537
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O63245716,245766,2458122060
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)2992522245769,24577571
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22992529245675,245697,245769,245775,245778,245791,245792,245797,2458005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)29925231245662,245675,245722,245727,245728,245731,245732,245733,245735,245739,245750,245752,245753,245756,245762,245769,245771,245773,245774,245775,245777,245778,245780,245781,245784,245786,245792,245793,245798,245800,24581411547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)2299252124576983
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F2992521245798304
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42992524245675,245724,245748,2457695516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)629925212457751633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)29925220245662,245675,245682,245697,245727,245749,245750,245752,245769,245771,245773,245774,245781,245785,245786,245792,245793,245799,245800,24581227770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)29925212457751252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2992524245716,245722,245775,2457974979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2992524245681,245697,245724,2457695707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS229925220245675,245690,245717,245719,245722,245724,245727,245728,245731,245732,245735,245738,245742,245743,245748,245749,245753,245760,245769,24582627198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12457551382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2992528245697,245769,245775,245781,245793,245795,245797,2458003531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)2992523245769,245775,245797363
Copper  (*)CopperCu2245724,2457453846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)42992521245775109
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O329925201797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2992525245675,245735,245769,245775,2458264165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2245697,2457162970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)22992521245775179
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)2992522245685,245769378
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S2992522245769,2457751027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62992522245772,2458034135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22992525245722,245727,245738,245786,2457939895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)2992521245775220
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2992527245667,245671,245724,245772,245796,245813,2458268173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12457162740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF229925229245670,245769,245771,245773,245774,245775,245776,245777,245778,245779,245780,245781,245783,245784,245785,245786,245789,245792,245793,245795,245796,245797,245798,245800,245801,245819,245823,245825,2458269617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S122992521245775663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS29925230245675,245717,245719,245722,245726,245727,245728,245731,245732,245733,245734,245735,245738,245739,245740,245743,245745,245749,245753,245756,245758,245760,245762,245763,245769,245772,245781,245793,245795,24579624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2992523245662,245769,2457987437
Gold  (*)CopperAu29925214245675,245685,245727,245729,245738,245742,245761,245762,245769,245817,245821,245824,245825,24582930554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2992527245662,245675,245682,245782,245821,245825,2458266890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl12456621398
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61245813741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O329925223245666,245667,245671,245673,245675,245700,245705,245710,245745,245769,245772,245782,245785,245788,245796,245800,245803,245808,245809,245813,245817,245826,24583014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2992522245769,2457971689
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)4245716,245817,245821,245829469
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32245662,2456755433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)1245662197
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI2992522245769,245775180
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42245662,2456855591
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22992521245775987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O429925239245666,245667,245671,245672,245673,245674,245675,245683,245691,245696,245700,245702,245703,245704,245705,245706,245707,245710,245714,245724,245769,245772,245782,245787,245788,245796,245803,245807,245808,245809,245810,245811,245813,245816,245817,245818,245823,245826,24583014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)229925213245675,245697,245717,245718,245745,245769,245775,245778,245792,245793,245795,245797,24580012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212458265674
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O2245818,245826443
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12456624924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2992525245769,245775,245797,245798,2458001107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS24245724,245742,245758,2457625800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)2992525245685,245769,245775,245797,245798362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22992525245662,245675,245727,245738,24576917380
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As31245685176
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)2992521245775492
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2992522245662,2457692349
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812456851512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)22992524245667,245769,245796,2458262273
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]2245716,245722716
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1245685494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212457161898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS32992522245769,245775733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32245716,2457221425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS229925243245675,245690,245691,245692,245712,245717,245718,245719,245722,245724,245725,245727,245728,245731,245732,245733,245734,245735,245738,245739,245740,245742,245743,245744,245748,245753,245755,245756,245760,245761,245762,245763,245769,245775,245780,245792,245793,245798,245800,245817,245821,245825,24582639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212458123106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl29925212457691725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812456859056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO229925247245660,245664,245665,245670,245671,245675,245717,245722,245724,245725,245727,245728,245730,245731,245732,245733,245735,245738,245739,245740,245742,245743,245749,245753,245756,245760,245762,245763,245769,245773,245774,245777,245780,245784,245786,245792,245793,245797,245798,245799,245800,245801,245817,245821,245825,245826,24582961156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12457221711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212456625614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3245685,245812,2458254894
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)2299252124577571
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2992522245662,2457696417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3245675,245716,2457225186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)29925212457692473
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O2992521245775105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS29925220245717,245722,245726,245727,245728,245731,245732,245733,245735,245738,245739,245740,245743,245753,245758,245760,245762,245763,245769,24582621482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1245662978
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12458122045
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl1245662275
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212457163337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132992523245716,245722,2457751803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2992523245675,245718,2457691101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132245716,2457225317
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O1245716452
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)12456621006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2245671,2457244899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O2245812,2458261059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22992524245667,245772,245796,2458032562
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O2245724,245742484
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl2992523245685,245775,245797605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42992526245769,245775,245793,245797,245798,2458001655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)2992522245769,245775939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2992524245662,245769,245775,2457995251


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
ree-00755299252Permian        31561Gallinas Mts, Red Cloud District, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USAGallinas MountainsOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-200Red Cloud Fluorite Mine, Gallinas Mts, Red Cloud District, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USAhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-176-to-fkm-200/#FKM-200

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