Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Harding Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 21974
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21974.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Harding Co., New Mexico, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bueyeros Area
Gallegos Area
Polita No. 2 Mine
Roy (1933) Meteorite

Latitude: 35°49'7"N
Longitude: 103°52'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.818611111111,-103.87111111111

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.

Baryte	Cerite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Garnet	Iron	Malachite	None	Quartz
Sphalerite	Spinel

Celestine ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Gold ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Majorite ()*
Malachite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ringwoodite ()*	Taenite ()*
Troilite ()*

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: Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Cerite Copper Corundum Cubanite Garnet Iron Malachite None Quartz
Sphalerite Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	245445	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	245446	5707
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	245448	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	245448	3846
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	245445,245446	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	245448	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	245448	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	245448	191
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	245448	451
Majorite ()*	Garnet	Mg₃(MgSi)(SiO₄)₃	1	245448	24
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	245446	12537
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	245448	230
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	245445	61156
Ringwoodite ()*	Spinel	SiMg₂O₄	1	245448	25
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	245448	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	245448	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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