Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 22866
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22866.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Carlsbad Caverns (Carlsbad Cavern)
Highway 62
Lechuguilla Cave
McKittrick Caverns
New Cave
Spider Cave

Latitude: 32°9'35"N
Longitude: 104°30'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.159722222222,-104.50444444444

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epsomite
Fritzscheite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Langbeinite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Sulphur

Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Greigite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Huntite ()*	Halloysite-10Å ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Langbeinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Metatyuyamunite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natroalunite ()*	Nordstrandite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*
Saponite ()*	Stevensite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Sylvite ()*
Todorokite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Witherite ()*

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 F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cl K Mg Mn O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Epsomite
Fritzscheite Gypsum Kaolinite Langbeinite Lepidocrocite Mica None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Quartz
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Sulphur

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	244747	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0		1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	244747	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	244745,244747	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	244747	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	244745,244747,244748	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	244745,244747	1252
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	0		599
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	244747	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	244745,244747	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	244745	484
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	244745	2740
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	244747	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	244747	7437
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	1	244747	62
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	5	244745,244746,244747,244748,244750	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	244747	14640
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	2	244745,244747	69
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	244745	62
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	2	244745,244747	341
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	244745	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	244747	5591
Langbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃	0		43
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	244747	581
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	244747	210
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	244745,244747	1487
Metatyuyamunite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	3	244745,244747,244750	129
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	244745	223
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	244745,244747	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	244747	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	244747	128
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	244747	64
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	2	244745,244747	306
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	244745,244747	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	1	244747	177
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	244745	301
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	244745	57
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	244745,244747	2045
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	244747	105
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	0		275
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	244747	433
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	2	244745,244747	628
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1	244747	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070285	Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA	https://rruff.info/R070285

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