Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lea Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 21975
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21975.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lea Co., New Mexico, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bell Lake Sink
Jal
Lovington
Pearl

Latitude: 32°18'26"N
Longitude: 103°23'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.307222222222,-103.39

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	Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Gypsum	Iron	Kieserite	Langbeinite
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc

Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Carnotite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Iron ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kieserite ()*
Langbeinite ()*	Leonite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Opal ()*
Polyhalite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*	Sylvite ()*	Talc ()*
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: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cr Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Gypsum Iron Kieserite Langbeinite
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0		1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	245656	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	245654	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	245652	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	245652	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	245657	1184
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	245652	1252
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	245654	3902
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	245654	94
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	245654	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	245654	1188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	245652,245656	6890
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	245654	1089
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	245654	2228
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	0		80
Langbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃	0		43
Leonite ()*	None	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	0		24
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	0		1487
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	245656	2994
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	0		102
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	245654	1934
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	0		275
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	245654	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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