Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Georgetown District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33096
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33096.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Georgetown District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Georgetown
Mimbres
Redbird Prospect
San Lorenzo
Shingle Canyon

Latitude: 32°49'46"N
Longitude: 107°59'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.829444444444,-107.98944444444

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Copper	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Turquoise	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Malachite ()*	Okenite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Todorokite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Ca Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mn Na O S Sb Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Copper Corundum Descloizite Diaspore Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Turquoise Wurtzite

40 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	2	245049,245051	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	245051	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	245051	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	245063	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	4	245050,245051,245052,245054	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	245051,245057,245063	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	245049,245050,245051	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	245063	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	245064	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	3	245049,245051,245060	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	245063	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	245049,245063	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	245063	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	5	245051,245053,245054,245056,245060	378
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	245051,245058,245064	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	245051,245064	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	245051	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	4	245050,245051,245053,245056	1689
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	245060	65
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	0		180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	245050	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	245051,245063	12537
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	0		71
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	4	245050,245051,245053,245060	158
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	0		733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	245051	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	245051,245057,245060,245063	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	245053	454
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	245049	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	245064	21482
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	0		433
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	245063	484
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	9	245049,245050,245051,245054,245055,245056,245057,245060,245061	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	3	245050,245051,245053	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	3	245050,245051,245054	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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