Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bonanza Mine, Quitman Mts, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 31004
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31004.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bonanza Mine, Quitman Mts, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°11'13"N
Longitude: 105°30'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.186944444444,-105.5

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.

Allophane	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Wurtzite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
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: Al Ba C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Fluorite Kaolinite
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Wurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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