Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 33087
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33087.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Potrillo Mountains District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Unnamed Prospect No. 1
Unnamed Prospect No. 2
Unnamed Prospect No. 3
Unnamed Prospect No. 4

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

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt

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: Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu H O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Copper Gypsum Malachite None Quartz Rocksalt

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Copper ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	244677,244680	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	244677	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	244677	4979
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	244678	3846
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	244677	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	244679	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	244677,244678	12537
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	244677	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	244677	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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