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Locality Name:
Hembrillo District, San Andreas Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33083
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33083.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hembrillo District, San Andreas Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Green Crawford Mine
Hembrillo Mine
Kendrick Prospect
Lost Man Canyon
Lot OM-69 Deposit
Red Rocks Talc Mine

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzTalc

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124470411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124469927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2244699,2447005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23244699,244700,24470327198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12446994165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3244699,244701,2447032970
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32244699,24470314640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124469912537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124469939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22244699,24470361156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22244700,2447053337



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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