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Locality Name:
Hermosa District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33154
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33154.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hermosa District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
American Flag Group
Antelope Group
Argonaut Mine
Cliff-L-Embolite Group
Flagstaff Property
Nana Mine
Ocean Wave Group
Pelican Group
Wolford Mine

Latitude: 33°9'57"N
Longitude: 107°43'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.165833333333,-107.73027777778

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Epsomite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 As Au Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba Br C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Epsomite Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite
Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Talc Tetrahedrite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	247001,247003	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	247003	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	247003	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	0		227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	247003,247006	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		309
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	247001,247006	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	247001	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	247003	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	247001	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	247006	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	246996,247000,247001,247003	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	247001	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	247003	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	247001	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	247001	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	247003	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	0		770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	247006	1107
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	0		362
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	247001	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	247003	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	247006	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	247001,247003	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	247001	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	247006	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	247001,247002,247003	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	0		586
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	247001,247003	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	0		433
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	247006	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	247006	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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