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


mindat Locality ID: 33105
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33105.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Telegraph District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Barite Prospect No. 1
Barite Prospect No. 2
Black Eagle Mine
Blue Eagle Prospect
Butterfly Seep Area
Copper Deposits
Great Eagle Mine
Hard Pan Mine (German Mine)
Harper Prospect
Hope Prospect
Hummingbird Mine
Jackpot Prospect
Lead Mountain
Slate Creek Deposit
Telegraph Mine
Wild Horse Mesa

Latitude: 32°45'35"N
Longitude: 108°34'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.759722222222,-108.56972222222
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Ca Cl Cu H O P S Sb U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAutuniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFluorite
MalachiteMicaNonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Saléeite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4245360,245361,245383,24538711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412453735516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5245362,245364,245367,245383,24538727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22245367,24537327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3245365,245372,2453843531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF213245362,245363,245366,245368,245369,245370,245371,245372,245374,245376,245383,245384,2453879617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4245367,245372,245373,24537624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124537414640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23245364,245365,24538412537
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O2245377,245379443
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124538317380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211245360,245364,245366,245367,245372,245373,245376,245377,245379,245383,24538739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212453623106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213245360,245361,245364,245366,245367,245369,245372,245373,245374,245376,245383,245384,24538761156
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10124539695
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2245367,24537321482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22245377,2453792718


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