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Locality Name:
Lookout Mountain, Chloride District (Apache District; Phillipsburg District; Black Range District), Black Range, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 264982
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264982.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lookout Mountain, Chloride District (Apache District; Phillipsburg District; Black Range District), Black Range, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Silver Monument Mine (Silver Monument Group; Black Range Tunnel; Patented Claim Silver Monument; Unpatented Claims Cuba Libre; Oversight Nos. 1 And 2; Connection Nos. 1 And 2)

Latitude: 33°20'6"N
Longitude: 107°48'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.335,-107.80833333333
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteKaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteRocksaltTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Silver  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12468792793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212468795509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412468795516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124687927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12468795707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124687927198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12468791382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12468794165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12468792970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O21246879144
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121246879663
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412468795591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124687912537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124687939462
Silver  (*)CopperAg12468795186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312468795317


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