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Locality Name:
San Lorenzo, Georgetown District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 270545
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270545.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Lorenzo, Georgetown District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Copper Rose Mine (Rose Mine; McGregor Mine; Copper Glance Mine; Potosi Mine)

Latitude: 32°46'56"N
Longitude: 107°57'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.782222222222,-107.96166666667
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: Al C Ca Cu H O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteCopperMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzTurquoise

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Malachite  (*)Quartz  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212450635509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124506327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12450635707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12450633531
Copper  (*)CopperCu12450633846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12450632970
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124506312537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124506361156
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1245063484


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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