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Locality Name:
Fremont District, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24861
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24861.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fremont District, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
American Mine
Barnett Property
Daisy Mine (Whaley Group)
Doyle Property
Eagle Mine
Faith Shaft
Fitch Mine
Naphane Claims (Napone Prospect)
Occidental Mine
Silver Fox Mine
Unnamed Prospect
Valney Group
Vanadium West Prospect
Weatherford Prospect

Latitude: 31°45'6"N
Longitude: 108°13'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.751666666667,-108.21833333333
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 Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Sb Si U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O S W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDiasporeMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12454891272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12454811966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124548327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3245482,245483,2454854979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124548127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12454813531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3245482,245483,24548824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12454817437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23245479,245480,24548112537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25245479,245480,245481,245483,24548561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12454822473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124548221482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41245481586
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12454811101


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