Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 33092
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33092.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tortugas Mountain District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Jones And Santiago Prospect
Modoc Mine
Orejon Mine
Silver Cliff Prospect
SK Standard Mine
Tortugas Mine
Trapezoid Prospect

Latitude: 32°17'19"N
Longitude: 106°41'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.288611111111,-106.69583333333

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	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	None
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Fluorite Garnet Gypsum None
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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	3	244731,244732,244736	1534
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	244733	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	244730,244731,244735	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	244732	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	244731,244732	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	244730,244731,244733,244734,244735	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	244731,244732,244736	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	244731	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	244730,244735	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	244731,244732	14640
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	244731,244732,244735	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	244731,244732	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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