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Locality Name:
Hopewell District, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33133
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33133.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hopewell District, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 28
Child Localities:
Arrastre Prospect
Buckhorn Prospect
Cash Entry Mine
Clara D. Claim
Croesus Mine
Detroit Claim
Dixie Queen Mine
Duck Prospect
Emerald Prospect
Eureka Creek Placers
Fairview Placer
Freeport Prospect
Gold Dollar Prospect
Good Hope Claim
Grand Mogul Claim
Hidden Treasure Group
Iron Mountain
Jaw Bone Mine
King William Placer
Little Casino Claim
Lower Flat Placers
Mary E. Steele Claim
Mineral Point Mine
Nome Claim
Park View Prospect
Red Jacket Mine
Royal Purple Group
Trenton Prospect

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: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu H O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124634727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23246345,246349,24635427198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12463402970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2246354,24635724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu6246338,246341,246342,246350,246354,24635730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33246348,246349,24635414640
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO401507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124634814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22246345,24635412537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124634917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29246333,246336,246338,246345,246347,246349,246354,246355,24635739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26246336,246340,246345,246347,246348,24635461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3246336,246347,2463496417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124635421482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312463455317


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