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Locality Name:
La Madera-Paloma Canyon Area, Petaca District, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 242361
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-242361.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Madera-Paloma Canyon Area, Petaca District, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Ancen Deposit (Ancon Deposit)
Aztec Deposit
Big Boy Deposit (Big Bug)
El Floto Deposit
Hidden Treasure Deposit
La Paloma Deposit
Laura Crystal Deposit
Lower Alamos Canyon Deposit
Paloma Canyon Deposit
Peno Blanco Deposit
Quartzite Deposit
Salt Lick Deposit

Latitude: 36°25'20"N
Longitude: 106°1'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.422222222222,-106.03055555556
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 Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Mn Na Nb O P Si Th Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylBismutiteClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMicaNoneQuartz
Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismutite  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Thorite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12246450,246451,246452,246453,246454,246455,246456,246457,246458,246459,246460,2464618803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O186246450,246453,246454,246455,246457,2464594286
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1246455716
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O61246455289
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF29246450,246451,246452,246453,246454,246455,246457,246458,2464599617
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12246450,246451,246452,246453,246454,246455,246456,246457,246458,246459,246460,2464614924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212246450,246451,246452,246453,246454,246455,246456,246457,246458,246459,246460,24646117380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212246450,246451,246452,246453,246454,246455,246456,246457,246458,246459,246460,24646161156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O83246450,246453,246455353
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)34246454,246455,246456,2464571214
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)12464551006
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1246455939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12464555251


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