Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pinos Altos District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 21964
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21964.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pinos Altos District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Arizona Mine
Aztec Mine
Bear Creek Placers
Cleveland Mine (Atlas No. 1; Atlas No. 2)
Cross Mountain Road
Deep Down-Atlantic Mine
Exxon Mine
Gopher Mine (Golden Giant)
Hirschberger Mine
Houston-Thomas Mine
Kept Woman Mine
Lady Katherine Mine
Langston Mine
Little Key Mine
Mamoth Mine
Mina Grande Mine
Mongol Mine
Mountain Key Mine
Ohio Mine
Pacific Mine
Pinos Altos Mine
Portland Mine
Rich Gulch Placers
Silver Cell Mine
Tampico Mine
Whiskey Gulch Placers

Latitude: 32°52'29"N
Longitude: 108°12'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.874722222222,-108.21305555556

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Domeykite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Vesuvianite	Wurtzite	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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay
Copper Corundum Cubanite Domeykite Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite
Vesuvianite Wurtzite Zircon

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cannizzarite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Dolomite ()*	Domeykite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Sternbergite ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wittichenite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	245261,245265	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0		1036
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	245245	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	245242,245243,245254,245261	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	0		1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	245253	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	0		716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	245245,245259,245261,245262	27770
Cannizzarite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀S₂₃	1	245262	41
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	245262	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	15	245242,245243,245245,245247,245248,245251,245252,245253,245254,245255,245257,245258,245259,245260,245261	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	245265	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	245245	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	245265	9895
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	0		73
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	0		246
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	245262	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	13	245242,245243,245245,245247,245248,245251,245252,245255,245257,245258,245259,245260,245261	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	245244,245259,245264,245267	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	0		717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	245245,245248	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	245245	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	245248	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	245245	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	245263	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	245246	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	0		733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	12	245242,245243,245245,245247,245252,245254,245255,245257,245258,245259,245260,245261	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14	245242,245243,245245,245247,245252,245254,245255,245257,245258,245259,245260,245261,245262,245266	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	245261	1711
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		598
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	245265	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	245245	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	16	245242,245243,245245,245247,245248,245251,245252,245253,245254,245255,245257,245258,245259,245260,245261,245262	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	245265	586
Sternbergite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	0		62
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	2	245248,245265	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	245248	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	245248	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	0		1395
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	0		297
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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