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Locality Name:
Rociada District, San Miguel Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33146
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33146.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rociada District, San Miguel Co., New Mexico, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Crites Mine
Good Hope Mine
Hadley
Joe And Jenny Mine
Loring Mine
Pecos Mine
Sam Adams Claim
Smith Mine
Unnamed Prospects

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 As B C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteMalachiteMicaMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTalcTetrahedriteTourmalineWollastonite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Elbaite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212465983419
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612465982060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22246598,2466075509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42246600,2466045516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2246598,24660027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2246600,2466075707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24246598,246602,246603,24660627198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1812465981008
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12466022970
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1246598520
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12466008173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4246598,246603,246605,24660624243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22246602,24660712537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212466005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124659817380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24246600,246601,246603,24660561156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12465981711
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2246598,24660621482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22246597,2465983337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312465981803
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212465982562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312465981247


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