Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Squaw Creek Mine, Taylor Creek District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 22032
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22032.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Squaw Creek Mine, Taylor Creek District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°28'57"N
Longitude: 107°57'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.4825,-107.96138888889

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.

Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Monazite	Mordenite	None	Pseudobrookite	Quartz	Rutile	Stilbite
Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Cassiterite ()*	Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Gasparite-(Ce) ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Maxwellite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*
Stellerite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Tripuhyite ()*

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 As Ca Ce F Fe H K Na O Sb Si Sn Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Ce F Fe H K Na O Sb Si Sn Ti Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Monazite Mordenite None Pseudobrookite Quartz Rutile Stilbite
Titanite Tridymite Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(AsO₄)	46
Gasparite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(AsO₄)	23
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Maxwellite ()*	Titanite	NaFe³⁺(AsO₄)F	3
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	405
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	164
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	189
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	458
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	66

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070368	Squaw Creek Mine, Taylor Creek District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA	https://rruff.info/R070368
R060955	Squaw Creek Mine, Taylor Creek District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA	https://rruff.info/R060955

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