Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chloride Flat District (incl. Silver City District), Grant Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33093
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33093.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chloride Flat District (incl. Silver City District), Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Boston Hill District
Boston Hill East District
Chloride Flat

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Goslarite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Ludlamite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Massicot ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrojarosite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pearceite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As Au Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Br C Ca Cu Fe H I K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite
Malachite Mica None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Talc Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	244997	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0		2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	244976	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		132
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	0		227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	244976	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	244997	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	244976	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	244997	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	244976,244992	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		188
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	244979	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	244976,244984,244991,244997	14640
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	0		180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Ludlamite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	0		66
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	244976	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	244976,244984,244991	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	244976	770
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	0		202
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		254
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	0		249
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	244976	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3	244976,244984,244997	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	244976,244992	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	0		1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	244997	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	244976	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	0		433
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	0		1059
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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