Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
South Peak (South Sisters Peak), Tres Hermanas District, Tres Hermanas Mts, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 28902
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28902.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Peak (South Sisters Peak), Tres Hermanas District, Tres Hermanas Mts, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Fitzpatrick Mine
Spurrite Skarn Lens
Unnamed Garnet Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Prospects In The Vicinity Of South And Middle Sister Peaks
Zumwalt Prospect

Latitude: 31°54'34"N
Longitude: 107°42'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.909444444444,-107.70111111111

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.

Amphibole	Aphthitalite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	None
Olivine	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel
Spurrite-Afwillite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Cummingtonite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*
Magnetite ()*	Merwinite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spurrite ()*
Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aphthitalite Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Garnet None
Olivine Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel
Spurrite-Afwillite Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

24 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)	1	245996	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	245997	1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	245996	708
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	245996	27770
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	245996	1008
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	245996	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	245996	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	245996	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	245998,245999	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	245996	1544
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	245996	14899
Merwinite ()*	Aphthitalite	Ca₃Mg(SiO₄)₂	1	245996	23
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	245996	153
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	245996	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	245996	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	245996,245998,245999	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	245996	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	245998	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	245998,245999	21482
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	1	245996	54
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	245996	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	245996	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	245996	1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	245996	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050236	South Peak (South Sisters Peak), Tres Hermanas District, Tres Hermanas Mts, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA	https://rruff.info/R050236

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