Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bluebird No. 2 Deposit, Cribbenville Area, Petaca District, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 242350
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-242350.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bluebird No. 2 Deposit, Cribbenville Area, Petaca District, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Columbite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	None	Quartz

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 Ca F Fe K Mn Na Nb O Si Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe K Mn Na Nb O Si Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Columbite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet None Quartz

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Microcline ()*	Quartz ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*
Spessartine ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	353
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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