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Locality Name:
Carrizalillo District, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33119
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33119.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carrizalillo District, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Baker Egg Ranch (Baker Ranch Agate Mine)
Burdick Claim
Calumet Mine
Hermanas Mine
Klondike Hills Prospect
Lucky Mine
Prospect Near Johnson Ranchhouse

Latitude: 31°52'50"N
Longitude: 108°'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.880555555556,-108.00722222222
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 Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Cl Cu H K O S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneBaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12458442793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22245844,2458485509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2245842,24584411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3245844,245847,24584827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2245844,2458485707
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2245844,2458483531
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12458448173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124584724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu124584430554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24245844,245846,245847,24584812537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23245843,245844,24584739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24245842,245844,245847,24584861156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12458445186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12458472473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124584721482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS0332


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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