Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Council Rock District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33168
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33168.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Council Rock District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Big John Prospect
Boss Mine (Old Boss Mine)
Cabinet Mine
Deaf Reed Mine

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Malachite	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Talc

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Talc ()*
Todorokite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Epidote Fluorite Malachite None
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Talc

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	247247	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	247248,247249,247250	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	247248	1382
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	247247	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	247247	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	247247	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	247248	3337
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	0		433
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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