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Locality Name:
Carpenter District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33046
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33046.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carpenter District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Acklin Mine
Columbia Mine
Dendy Silver Dollar Prospect
Grand View Camp
Iron Creek Campground
Lucky Day Prospect
McGee Mine
Mineral Mountain Prospect
Patsy Mine
Perrault Mine
Royal John Mine (Grand Central Mine)

Latitude: 32°52'8"N
Longitude: 107°47'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.868888888889,-107.79861111111
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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au C Ca Fe O Pb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFluoriteGarnet
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelWollastonite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3244922,244925,24492827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22244922,24492527198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2244922,2449258173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22244922,2449259617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3244922,244925,24493424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S1244925237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124492514640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42244922,24492514899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22244922,24492539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22244922,24492561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12449254894
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3244922,244925,24493421482
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312449281247


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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