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Locality Name:
Chloride, Chloride District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 278794
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278794.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chloride, Chloride District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Colossal Mine
Gray Eagle Mine
Hoosier Mine
Mayflower Mine
McTavish Mine
Midnight Mine
New Era Mine
St. Cloud Mine
U.S. Treasury Mine
Wall Street Mine (Nana Mine)
White Eagle Mine
White Mountain Mine (Apache Mine)

Latitude: 33°19'15"N
Longitude: 107°42'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.320833333333,-107.71194444444

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Jalpaite	Malachite	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Azurite ()*	Betekhtinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Geerite ()*	Gold ()*	Gonyerite ()*
Jalpaite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*

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 Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Jalpaite Malachite Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	246943	5509
Betekhtinite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)₂₁Pb₂S₁₅	1	246942	45
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	246942,246943	5516
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1	246943	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	246940,246942,246943	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	246942	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	246942,246943	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	246943	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	246942,246943	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	246942,246943	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	246940,246943	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	246942,246943	24243
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	1	246942	38
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	246943	30554
Gonyerite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mn²⁺₅Fe³⁺(Si₃Fe³⁺O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	246943	11
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	1	246943	116
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	246943	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	246940,246943	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	246943	5800
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	246943	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	246942	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	246943	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	246943	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	246942,246943	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	2	246942,246943	332

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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