Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fluorite Ridge District, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33122
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33122.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fluorite Ridge District, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Deckert Mine
Duke Of Luxemberg Prospect
Goat Ridge Prospect
Grattan Mine (Sadler No. 2 Mine)
Green Spar Mine (Grattan State Land; Cox Prospect)
Greenleaf Mine
Hilltop Prospect
Lucky Mine
Sadler Mine
San Juan Mine
Section 2 Mine
Tiptop Prospect
Unnamed Prospect
Unnamed Prospect (2)
Valley Mine
White Bluff Prospect
Whitehill Prospect

Latitude: 32°23'59"N
Longitude: 107°42'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.399722222222,-107.71444444444

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	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: Al Ba C Ca F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca H K Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Prehnite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	245919	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	12	245906,245907,245908,245909,245910,245911,245912,245913,245915,245918,245919,245920	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	245907	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	245906,245907,245909,245913,245918,245919	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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