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Locality Name:
Nogal District, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33116
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33116.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nogal District, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 45

Number of Child Localities: 41
Child Localities:
Argentine Mine (Cricket Mine)
Blue Jay Prospect
Bonito Claims
Christmas Mine
Creek Lead Claim
Crow Mine (Silver Bar Mine)
Crown Gold-Silver Group
Fulmer Prospect (Rialto Prospect)
Great Western Mine
Greenville Prospect
Helen Rae Mine
Hope Prospect
Hopeful Mine
Jenny Linn Mine
Martha Washington Mine
Maud Mine
Mayberry Mine
McCrory Prospect
Mineral Farms Prospect (Applejack No. 1 Prospect)
Monjeau No. 1 Claim
Nogal
Old Abe Claim
Old Red Fox Vein
Oso Claim
Parsons Mine
Renowned O. K. Mine
Richardson Claims
Rock No. 1 Mine
Rockford Canyon Gold Prospects
Schelerville District
Silver King Vein
Silver Nugget
Silver Plume Mine
Silver Spoon Prospect
Soldier Mine
Spur Vein
Turkey Creek Claims
Vera Cruz Mine
Water Dog No. 1 Mine (Mudpuppy Prospect)
White Swan Prospect
Willis Mine

Latitude: 33°32'6"N
Longitude: 105°45'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.535,-105.76333333333

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O P Si W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbite
CopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasite
PrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTalcTetrahedriteThomsonite
TitaniteTurquoise

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Alunite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12457222793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212457243419
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61245724966
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13245722,245727,245728,245731,245732,245733,245735,245739,245750,245752,245753,245756,24576211547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42245724,2457485516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4245727,245749,245750,24575227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12457224979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12457245707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216245717,245719,245722,245724,245727,245728,245731,245732,245735,245738,245742,245743,245748,245749,245753,24576027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12457551382
Copper  (*)CopperCu2245724,2457453846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12457354165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23245722,245727,2457389895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12457248173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS23245717,245719,245722,245726,245727,245728,245731,245732,245733,245734,245735,245738,245739,245740,245743,245745,245749,245753,245756,245758,245760,245762,24576324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu6245727,245729,245738,245742,245761,24576230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124574514640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)0469
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124572414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23245717,245718,24574512537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS24245724,245742,245758,2457625800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22245727,24573817380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1245722716
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312457221425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227245717,245718,245719,245722,245724,245725,245727,245728,245731,245732,245733,245734,245735,245738,245739,245740,245742,245743,245744,245748,245753,245755,245756,245760,245761,245762,24576339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO222245717,245722,245724,245725,245727,245728,245730,245731,245732,245733,245735,245738,245739,245740,245742,245743,245749,245753,245756,245760,245762,24576361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12457221711
Silver  (*)CopperAg12457225186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18245717,245722,245726,245727,245728,245731,245732,245733,245735,245738,245739,245740,245743,245753,245758,245760,245762,24576321482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312457221803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12457181101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312457225317
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O0452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12457244899
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O2245724,245742484



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