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Locality Name:
Salinas Peak District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33162
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33162.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salinas Peak District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Lead Queen Tunnel
Mockingbird Gap District
Pitt Camp
Salinas Peak
Taylor Canyon

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi Cd H Mg O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFluoriteKaolinite
MalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTalcWurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12471692734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22247170,2471735509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3247168,247169,24717111547
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O30214
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312471741935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2247169,24717027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12471694979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12471705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124717327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12471703531
Copper  (*)CopperCu12471703846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12471702970
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1247174345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23247168,247170,2471739617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4247166,247168,247169,24717324243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124717014640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612471681066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22247170,24717312537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212471745800
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124716961156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2247168,2471692473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124716921482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337


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