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Locality Name:
Grandview Canyon District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33153
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33153.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grandview Canyon District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
American Prospects
Greenback Claim
Pioneer Claim

Latitude: 32°59'0"N
Longitude: 106°35'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.983333333333,-106.58361111111
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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Si V W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl Mn Mo O Pb S Si V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteArsenicBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteFeldsparFluoriteMalachiteMolybdenite
NonePyriteQuartzRutileScheeliteSpinelStibnite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12469941966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312469941935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1246994716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124699327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12469945707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22246993,24699427198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212469929617
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612469942228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124699414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124699312537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124699439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124699461156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12469944894
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0605


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