Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
San Mateo Mountains District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33163
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33163.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Mateo Mountains District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Goldsborough District
Monticello Deposit (Pitchblende Strike Prospect)
Quartz Mountain District
Terry Uranium Prospect (Terry Uranophane Prospect; Hanosh Property)

Latitude: 33°24'43"N
Longitude: 107°25'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.411944444444,-107.42638888889

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Descloizite	Fluorite	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Tridymite

Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gold ()*	Hollandite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Opal ()*	Prosopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tridymite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Sn U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au H O Pb Si Sn V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Clay Copper Coronadite Descloizite Fluorite Kaolinite None Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Tridymite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	247181	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	2	247179,247181	1184
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	0		5171
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	0		378
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	247179,247181	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	247181	243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	247181	5591
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	247179,247181	2994
Prosopite ()*	None	CaAl₂F₄(OH)₄	1	247181	39
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	247178	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	247178,247181	61156
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	0		458
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	1	247181	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	247179	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	2	247179,247181	890

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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