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Locality Name:
Sangre De Cristo Mts, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 247799
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247799.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sangre De Cristo Mts, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Elizabethtown District

Latitude: 36°34'15"N
Longitude: 104°47'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.570833333333,-104.7875
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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn U W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbite
CopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSpinelVivianite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12445032793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12445048803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12445369052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212445085509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12445031966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412445345516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4244503,244504,244510,24453627770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22244503,2445165171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24244503,244504,244508,24452627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3244503,244508,2445323531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3244503,244508,2445322970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62244503,2445264135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)4244503,244504,244512,2445268173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1244536814
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1244503551
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2244503,24451124243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS2244503,244536131
Gold  (*)CopperAu9244503,244505,244510,244516,244526,244527,244530,244531,24453930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34244503,244504,244516,24452614640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44244503,244504,244510,24452614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25244503,244508,244525,244532,24453412537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22244509,2445325800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23244503,244516,24454317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26244503,244504,244510,244525,244526,24453439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812445039056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214244503,244504,244505,244508,244510,244511,244513,244525,244527,244528,244530,244536,244538,24453961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12445044894
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212445032562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22244503,2445372718
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2244503,2445041025


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