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Locality Name:
Bromide No. 2 District, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33129
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33129.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bromide No. 2 District, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Admiral Group
Boston Prospect
Bromide Mine
Continental Prospect
Copper Knob Mine
Danbury Prospect
Denver Mine
Dillon Tunnel
Elliot & Kennedy Prospect
Horseshoe Mine
Ivanhoe Prospect
JOL Prospect
Kiawa Mountain
King Richard Prospect
Last Hope Mine
Little Eunice Mine
Lucky Boy Mine
Ora Prospect
Pay Roll Mine
Philidelphia Mine
Providence Mine
Sardine Prospect
Sixteen To One Mine
Snowflake Prospect
Strawberry Mine
Summer Mine
Tampa Mine
Tusas Mountain Uranium Prospect
Virginia Mine
War Eagle Mine
Whale Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Br Ca Cu Fe H O S Sb Si Ti U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFluorite
KaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteZircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sabugalite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uraninite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O2246291,2463081272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212463075509
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr0227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3246279,246282,24629927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12463075707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26246282,246288,246299,246305,246307,24631127198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12462821382
Copper  (*)CopperCu3246299,246305,2463073846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2246288,2463072970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22246288,2463089617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2246283,24630424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2246293,24630730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33246299,246303,24630714640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412462995591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO401507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124630314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23246282,246305,24630712537
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1246308443
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212463075800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124628817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24246299,246304,246307,24630839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24246282,246303,246307,24630861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sabugalite  (*)NoneHAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16H2O124630887
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12462826417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124630421482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312462825317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1246308939


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