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Locality Name:
Organ, Organ District, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 295585
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295585.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Organ, Organ District, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Memphis Mine (Roos Shaft; Ross Shaft [?])

Latitude: 32°25'47"N
Longitude: 106°35'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.429722222222,-106.5925
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si Te V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBismutiteBrochantiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGarnetKobellite
LinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurTetradymiteWollastonite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)1244648254
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312446481534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12446483250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61244648919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212446485509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124464811547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312446481935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1244648716
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612446481633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124464827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12446484979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12446485707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124464827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12446483531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)1244648363
Copper  (*)CopperCu12446483846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12446484165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12446482970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612446484135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212446489895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12446488173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212446489617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124464824243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S41244648192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12446487437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124464814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12446481689
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4124464873
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612446482228
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21244648987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124464812537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO1244648202
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124464839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124464861156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21244648454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12446484894
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12446482473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124464821482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12446482045
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1244648510
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1244648605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41244648303
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312446481247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412446481655


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