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Locality Name:
Red Cloud District, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 299
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 24691
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24691.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Cloud District, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gallinas Mts

Latitude: 34°11'44"N
Longitude: 105°44'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.195555555556,-105.73805555556
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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H I K La Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sr V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBastnäsiteBrackebuschite
BrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichiteDescloizite
DiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumLinariteMalachiteMicaMixite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSpangoliteSphaleriteSpinel
TetrahedriteWurtziteZircon

63 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Agardite-(La)  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsentsumebite  (*)Austinite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Cornubite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Shattuckite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spangolite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2992522245775,2458022793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)2992521245775254
Agardite-(La)  (*)MixiteLaCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O2992522245797,24579833
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)29925212457912734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)29925212457933250
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)299252124577537
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)299252124577571
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22992526245775,245778,245791,245792,245797,2458005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)29925214245771,245773,245774,245775,245777,245778,245780,245781,245784,245786,245792,245793,245798,24580011547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)2299252083
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F2992521245798304
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS429925205516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)629925212457751633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)29925210245771,245773,245774,245781,245785,245786,245792,245793,245799,24580027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)29925212457751252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2992522245775,2457974979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S29925205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2299252027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2992526245775,245781,245793,245795,245797,2458003531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)2992522245775,245797363
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)42992521245775109
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS29925212457754165
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)22992521245775179
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)2992520378
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S29925212457751027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62992522245772,2458034135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22992522245786,2457939895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)2992521245775220
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2992522245772,2457968173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF229925223245771,245773,245774,245775,245776,245777,245778,245779,245780,245781,245783,245784,245785,245786,245789,245792,245793,245795,245796,245797,245798,245800,2458019617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S122992521245775663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2992525245772,245781,245793,245795,24579624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)29925212457987437
Gold  (*)CopperAu299252030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O29925212457826890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32992527245772,245782,245785,245788,245796,245800,24580314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O29925212457971689
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI2992521245775180
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22992521245775987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42992526245772,245782,245787,245788,245796,24580314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22992527245775,245778,245792,245793,245795,245797,24580012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2992524245775,245797,245798,2458001107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)2992523245775,245797,245798362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2299252017380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)2992521245775492
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)29925202349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)229925212457962273
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS32992521245775733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22992526245775,245780,245792,245793,245798,24580039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl29925201725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO229925213245773,245774,245777,245780,245784,245786,245792,245793,245797,245798,245799,245800,24580161156
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)2299252124577571
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)29925206417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)29925202473
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O2992521245775105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS299252021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1329925212457751803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO29925201101
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22992523245772,245796,2458032562
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl2992522245775,245797605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42992525245775,245793,245797,245798,2458001655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)2992521245775939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2992522245775,2457995251


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
ree-00755299252Permian        31561Gallinas Mts, Red Cloud District, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USAGallinas MountainsOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-200Red Cloud Fluorite Mine, Gallinas Mts, Red Cloud District, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USAhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-176-to-fkm-200/#FKM-200

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