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Locality Name:
Gold Hill District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33097
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33097.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold Hill District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Bluebird Fluorspar Mine (Friday Prospect; 'A' Spar Nos. 1 And 2)
Bluebird Mine
Bluebird Mine (Gold And Tungsten Mine)
Bruff Mine
California Mine
Climax Mine
Co-op Mine (Good Luck Mine)
Crescent Mine (Homestead Mine)
Foster Placer
Golden Chief Mine
Langford Hills
Minneapolis Mine
Nancy Lee Mine
Never Fail Mine
North Pegmatite
Reservation Mine
Ruby Silver Mine
South Pegmatite
Standard Mine
Synder Mine
White Rock Mine
Wing Feather Lady Mine

Latitude: 32°28'29"N
Longitude: 108°27'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.474722222222,-108.46583333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au C Ca Ce F Fe H K Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag O S Sb Si Th 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteAutuniteCalciteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelZircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Autunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Thorite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12451068803
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12451021272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7245090,245093,245095,245096,245102,245105,24510827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12450964979
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12451058173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O61245112414
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24245090,245091,245102,2451099617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3245095,245096,24510824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4245093,245095,245105,24511030554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42245106,24511214899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3245106,245109,2451124924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22245109,24511217380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25245090,245093,245096,245105,24510839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212245090,245092,245093,245095,245101,245102,245105,245106,245108,245109,245110,24511261156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81245112353
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2245092,2451014894
Silver  (*)CopperAg12450965186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124509621482
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)01006
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12451125251


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