Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Florida Mountains District, Florida Mts, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33121
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33121.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Florida Mountains District, Florida Mts, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Anniversary Prospect
Big Pocket Prospect
Birchfield Group
Bradley Mine
Copper Queen Mine
Granada Mines
Gym Peak
Lobo Mine
Lucky John Mine (Mahoney Mine)
Pacheco Mine
Park Mine (Hilltop Mine)
San Antonio Mine
Stenson Mine
Stub Mine
White King Mine

Latitude: 32°5'41"N
Longitude: 107°37'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.094722222222,-107.61916666667

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hollandite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba Bi Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Coronadite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	0		2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0		1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	245896	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	245894,245896	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	0		1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	245886,245889,245893,245894,245896,245899	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4	245893,245896,245898,245899	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	245889,245900	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	0		227
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	245886,245894	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	245889,245894,245896	24243
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	0		243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	245900	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	245896,245900	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	245889,245900	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	245886,245889,245893,245894,245896,245899,245900	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	4	245893,245896,245898,245899	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	245889	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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