Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Bajada District, Santa Fe Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33142
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33142.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Bajada District, Santa Fe Co., New Mexico, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cavalry Butte
Cerro Seguro
Cienguilla
Lone Star Mine (La Bajada Mine)
Rosario

Latitude: 35°32'54"N
Longitude: 106°10'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.548333333333,-106.17305555556

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Autunite	Baryte	Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Feldspar	Fluorite
Germanite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tridymite	Voltaite

Analcime ()*	Augite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Butlerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Colusite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Crednerite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Parabutlerite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Voltaite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si Ti U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H O P S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Autunite Baryte Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copiapite Feldspar Fluorite
Germanite Gypsum Halotrichite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Sphalerite Sulphur Tridymite Voltaite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	246765	1627
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	246763,246765	2060
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	0		1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	246766	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	246766	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1	246766	248
Butlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	1	246766	26
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	246766	27198
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	3	246763,246764,246765	94
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	1	246766	110
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	246766	382
Crednerite ()*	None	CuMnO₂	1	246766	35
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	246768	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	0		409
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	246766	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	246766	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	246766	5800
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	246765	884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	246764	2349
Parabutlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	1	246766	23
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	246766	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	246766	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	246766	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	246766	2045
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	1	246766	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	246766	2718
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	246766	111

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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