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Locality Name:
Capitan District, Capitan Mts, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33113
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33113.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Capitan District, Capitan Mts, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Arabela Mines Inc. Manganese Prospect
Barlejon No. 2 Prospect
Barry Prospect
Bear Canyon Group
Capitan Deposit
Drunzer Prospect
King Prospect
McCrory Prospect
Mina Tiro Estrella
Pine Lodge Deposits
Tide Iron Deposit
Whettige Deposits

Latitude: 33°37'4"N
Longitude: 105°22'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.617777777778,-105.37

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: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Th Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Na O S Si Th Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleAndalusiteBaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumIlvaiteKaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileSpinelStauroliteTitaniteZircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Sylvite  (*)
Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212456713419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O601022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1245671706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2245667,2456718173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212456709617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34245666,245667,245671,24567314640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)0197
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O46245666,245667,245671,245672,245673,24567414899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212456672273
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24245664,245665,245670,24567161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)0978
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl0275
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)01006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12456714899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212456672562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



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