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Locality Name:
Black Range, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 264983
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264983.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Range, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chloride District (Apache District; Phillipsburg District; Black Range District)

Latitude: 33°20'11"N
Longitude: 107°44'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.336388888889,-107.74305555556

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
CovelliteDigeniteFeldsparFluoriteJalpaiteKaoliniteMalachiteMeloniteMicaMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Digenite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tellurium  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2246879,2468812793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12468728803
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12468723250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212468795509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124687511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42246879,2468815516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124687927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212468725171
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)21246872309
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12468795707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22246879,24688127198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12468791382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12468723531
Copper  (*)CopperCu12468723846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12468794165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2246872,2468792970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O22246872,246879144
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S12468751027
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212468729617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121246879663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124687524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu124688130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124687214640
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS21246872116
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412468795591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124687214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124687912537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212468725800
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1246872716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31246872733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312468721425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124687939462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2246872,2468831725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23246872,246877,24688261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12468751711
Silver  (*)CopperAg12468795186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124687521482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1246872332
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41246872337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe1246872190
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12468721101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132246879,2468815317
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1246872433



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