Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sawmill Creek, Taylor Creek District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 279997
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279997.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sawmill Creek, Taylor Creek District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Unnamed Prospects

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Beryl	Bixbyite	Coronadite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Feldspar	Fluorite	None
Pseudobrookite	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite	Topaz	Tridymite

Beryl ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bixbyite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Durangite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hidalgoite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Opal ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*
Todorokite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tridymite ()*

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 As Ba Be Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sn Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Beryl Bixbyite Coronadite Corundum Cristobalite Feldspar Fluorite None
Pseudobrookite Quartz Rutile Titanite Topaz Tridymite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	244280	4286
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	244280	413
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	1	244280	104
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	244280	5171
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	244280	453
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	244280	599
Durangite ()*	Titanite	NaAl(AsO₄)F	1	244280	6
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	244280	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	244280	14640
Hidalgoite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)₆	1	244280	57
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	244280	2228
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	244280	2994
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	244280	164
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	244280	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	244280	598
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	244280	433
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	244280	1476
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	244280	458

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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