Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Paramount Canyon, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 237119
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-237119.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paramount Canyon, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Beryllium Virgin Claim

Latitude: 33°25'34"N
Longitude: 107°57'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.426111111111,-107.96222222222

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.

Amorphous	Beryl	Bixbyite	Coronadite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Monazite	None	Pseudobrookite
Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Topaz	Tridymite	Zircon

Beryl ()*	Bixbyite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Chernovite-(Y) ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gasparite-(Ce) ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Opal ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sanidine ()*	Topaz ()*	Tridymite ()*

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 Be Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn O Si Sn Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Beryl Bixbyite Coronadite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Monazite None Pseudobrookite
Quartz Rutile Spinel Topaz Tridymite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	247156	4286
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	1	247156	104
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	247156	5171
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	1	247156	94
Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(AsO₄)	1	247156	46
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	247156	599
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	247156	9617
Gasparite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(AsO₄)	1	247156	23
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	247156	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	247156	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	247156	14899
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	247156	2994
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	247156	164
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	247156	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	247156	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	247156	598
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	247156	1476
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	247156	458

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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