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Locality Name:
Luis Lopez Manganese District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 27188
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27188.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luis Lopez Manganese District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Big Basin Prospect
Black Canyon Mine (Gianara Mine)
Black Crow Mine
Black Feather Mine
Bursum Prospect (Bursum Mine; Griffith Prospect; US 60 Mine; Richards Glory Hole)
Esperanza Prospect
Geronimo Prospect
Gloryana Mine (Barrett)
Grand Canyon Group
Lucky Strike Group
MCA Mine
Nogal Canyon Prospect
Optimo Prospect (Blue Gold)
Pretty Girl Mine
Rattlesnake Mine
Red Canyon
San Juan Mine
Torres Prospect (M&M Group)
Tower Mine (Lucky Strike No. 2 Mine; Nancy Mine)

Latitude: 33°58'7"N
Longitude: 106°59'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.968611111111,-106.98444444444

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Ramsdellite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ramsdellite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Vanadinite ()*

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 Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Ramsdellite
Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0		1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0		1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	247348	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	247332,247336,247337,247338,247341,247343,247348	27770
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	0		197
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	2	247342,247348	227
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	2	247338,247348	599
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	247342,247348	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	247336,247337	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	247332	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	247332	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	2	247344,247348	243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	247329,247332,247336,247337,247343,247348	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂	0		88
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	247338,247348	1711
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	247344	312
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	247345	598
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	0		605

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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