Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
San Andreas Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 247744
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247744.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Andreas Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hembrillo District

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Talc

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Talc

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	244698	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	244704	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	244699	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	244698,244699,244700	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	244699,244700,244703	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	244699	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3	244699,244701,244703	2970
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	244699,244703	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	244698,244699	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	244699	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	244699,244703	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	244698,244700,244705	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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