Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hot Springs District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33155
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33155.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hot Springs District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Candy Rock Strip Mine
Ellis Claims (Manganese)
Equator Mine (3 Brothers Mine)
Iron Reef Group
Mud Springs Mountain

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Fluorite	Murdochite	None	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite

Ankerite ()*	Argentojarosite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Murdochite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Sr Ti U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Coronadite Corundum Fluorite Murdochite None Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	247060	3092
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	247060	58
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	247061	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	0		1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	247060,247062	1382
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	247059	599
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	247060	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	247060	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Murdochite ()*	Murdochite	Cu₁₂Pb₂O₁₅Cl₂	1	247060	34
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	247060	477
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	247059	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	247058	61156
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	0		2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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