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Locality Name:
Quay Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 22031
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22031.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quay Co., New Mexico, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bell Claims
Gilstrap And Trusdel Property
Logan Area
Nara Visa Area
Troutman Ranch
Tucumcari Area
Wallace Ranch Deposits

Latitude: 35°12'32"N
Longitude: 103°29'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.208888888889,-103.49222222222
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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg N Na O S Si Th U V 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAragoniteClayDiamondHalotrichiteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
Smectite-vermiculiteZircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Diamond  (*)
Malachite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Thorite  (*)Tschermigite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12462683250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212462675509
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O2246270,2462711184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12462675707
Diamond  (*)DiamondC1246270697
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124626712537
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O1246270265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124626739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124626861156
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)2246270,2462711006
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O124627081


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060108Tucumcari Area, Quay Co., New Mexico, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060108

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