Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Tonuco Mountain District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33091
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33091.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Beal Mine
Tonuco Mine

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica
None	Quartz

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Mica
None Quartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	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	244727,244728	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	244728	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	244727,244728	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	244728	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	244728	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	244728	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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