Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Socorro, Socorro Peak District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 298037
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298037.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Socorro, Socorro Peak District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
May Flower Mine

Latitude: 34°3'58"N
Longitude: 106°57'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.066111111111,-106.95194444444

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Caledonite	Descloizite	Fornacite	Linarite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Rocksalt	Scheelite

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Fornacite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Linarite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Mottramite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 As Ba Br C Ca Cl Cr Cu H Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Caledonite Descloizite Fornacite Linarite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Phenakite Rocksalt Scheelite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	247456	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	247456	11547
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1	247456	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	247456	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	247456	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	247456	4979
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	1	247456	85
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	247456	1689
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	247456	987
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	247456	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	247456	362
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	247456	454
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	247456	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	247456	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	247456	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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