Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Modoc District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33085
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33085.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Modoc District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Modoc Mine
Ruby (Hayner) Mine

Latitude: 32°20'38"N
Longitude: 106°34'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.343888888889,-106.57972222222

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Talc

Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	244602	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	244602	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	244603	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	244602,244603	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	244603	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	244602,244603	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	244602	1797
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	244602,244603	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	244603	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	244602	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	244603	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	244602	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	244602,244603	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	244602	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	244602	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	244602	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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