Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Baldy District, Cimarron Range, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33041
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33041.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baldy District, Cimarron Range, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Ajax Mine
Baldy Mountain
Baldy Tunnel
Ben Hur Claim
Black Horse Mine
Bull Of The Woods Claim
French Henry Ridge
Montezuma Mine (Big Jacko Lode)
Paragon Claim
Rebel Chief Mine
Ute Creek
Ute Creek Placers
Willow Creek Placers

Latitude: 36°37'45"N
Longitude: 105°10'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.629166666667,-105.18277777778

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	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

32 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)	0		2734
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	244465,244466	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	244468	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	244465,244466,244476,244482	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	244466	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	244465,244466	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	244465,244482	24243
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	0		131
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	10	244465,244468,244472,244473,244475,244476,244477,244478,244480,244484	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	244465	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	244473	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	244465	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	244468	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	0		733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	244465,244466,244475,244476,244477,244478,244480,244482	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	244465,244466,244482	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	244465,244466,244468,244478,244480,244482	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	0		1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	0		586
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	0		510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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