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Locality Name:
Bound Ranch District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33044
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33044.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bound Ranch District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Alpha Deposit
American Prospect
Bounds Prospect
Continental Prospect (Valley Spar Prospect)
Doublestrike Claim (Rocky Trail)
Fence Line Prospect
Grandview Prospect
Grant County Prospect
Hines Property
J A P Ranch Prospect
Mose Trimmer Mine
Windmill Prospect

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Au Ba Be C Ca F Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si U W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteBaryteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFluoriteNoneQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSodalite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Helvine  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12448231272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124482511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124481527770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12448158173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF210244816,244817,244818,244819,244820,244821,244822,244823,244824,2448269617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124482524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu124481930554
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S1244821237
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25244815,244816,244818,244824,24482561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3244815,244818,2448234894



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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