Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chili, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 248127
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248127.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chili, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°6'18"N
Longitude: 106°8'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.105,-106.14972222222

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.

Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Erionite	Harmotome	Kaolinite
Lévyne	None	Smectite-vermiculite	Thomsonite

Analcime ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Erionite-Ca ()*
Goethite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lévyne-Ca ()*
Nontronite ()*	Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Saponite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

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 Ba C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Baryte Calcite Chabazite Clay Corundum Diaspore Erionite Harmotome Kaolinite
Lévyne None Smectite-vermiculite Thomsonite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	310
Erionite-Ca ()*	Erionite	Ca₅[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	31
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Lévyne-Ca ()*	Lévyne	Ca₃(Si₁₂Al₆)O₃₆·18H₂O	42
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	471
Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Harmotome	Ca₃(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	75
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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