Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chloride District (Apache District; Phillipsburg District; Black Range District), Black Range, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 22023
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22023.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chloride District (Apache District; Phillipsburg District; Black Range District), Black Range, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bear-Dry- And Mineral Creeks Area
Buster Creek
Chloride
Grafton Area
Illinois Mine
Lookout Mountain
Monument Creek Area
Phillipsburg Area
Sheep Canyon
Tidal Wave Mine

Latitude: 33°20'12"N
Longitude: 107°44'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.336666666667,-107.74305555556

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	Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Digenite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Jalpaite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Digenite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tellurium ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Sb Si Sn Sr Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Covellite Digenite Feldspar Fluorite Jalpaite Kaolinite Malachite Melonite Mica Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	246879,246881	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	246879	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	246875	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	246879,246881	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	246879	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	0		5171
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		309
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	246879	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	246879,246881	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	246879	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	246879	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	246879	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	1	246879	144
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	246875	1027
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	246879	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	246875	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	246881	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	0		116
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	246879	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	246879	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	0		716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	0		733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	246879	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	246883	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	246877,246882	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	246875	1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	246879	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	246875	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	0		332
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	0		337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	0		190
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	0		1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	246879,246881	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	0		433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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