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Locality Name:
White Oaks District, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33118
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33118.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "White Oaks District, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Ferro Mine
Fox Lode Deposit
Henry Clay Mine
House Mines
Hudspeth Property (Black Knight; Good Night)
J. B. Close Iron Mine
Julie Ann Fluorspar Prospect
Lady Godiva Mine
Little Mack Mine
Little Nell Mine
Lone Mountain Prospect
North Homestake Mine
Old Abe Mine
Prince Mine
Rita Mine
Smuggler Mine (Compromise Mine)
South Homestake Mine
Yellow Jacket Mine

Latitude: 33°45'0"N
Longitude: 105°44'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.75,-105.73333333333

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Torbernite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe Mg Mn O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	245813,245826	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	245825	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0		1588
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	245814	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	245826	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	245826	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	245813,245826	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	245819,245823,245825,245826	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	245817,245821,245824,245825,245829	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	245821,245825,245826	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	245813	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	245813,245817,245826,245830	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	3	245817,245821,245829	469
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	245813,245816,245817,245818,245823,245826,245830	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	245826	5674
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	245818,245826	443
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	245826	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	245817,245821,245825,245826	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	245817,245821,245825,245826,245829	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	245825	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	245826	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	245826	1059

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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