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Locality Name:
Jicarilla Mts, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 291801
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-291801.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jicarilla Mts, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Jicarilla District

Latitude: 33°51'33"N
Longitude: 105°39'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.859166666667,-105.65333333333
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 As Au C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mo Ni O Pb S Si V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDescloiziteKaolinite
MalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskitePyriteScheeliteSkutteruditeSpinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12457129052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212456975509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124569727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12456975707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124569027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12456973531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12456972970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1245685378
Gold  (*)CopperAu124568530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33245700,245705,24571014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412456855591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411245691,245696,245700,245702,245703,245704,245705,245706,245707,245710,24571414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124569712537
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)1245685362
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As31245685176
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812456851512
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1245685494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24245690,245691,245692,24571239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812456859056
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12456854894
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1245685605


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