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Locality Name:
Joyita Hills District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33171
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33171.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Joyita Hills District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bachelder-Everheart Prospect
Dewey
Dewey Mine (Jenkins Prospect)
El Coyote Deposit
Elaine Deposit
Gonzales Prospect
Joyita Prospect

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteFluoriteMalachiteNoneQuartzRocksalt

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)
Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)5247299,247302,247303,247304,24730511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412473015516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124730627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2247301,2473025707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22247301,24730227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2247301,2473023531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23247299,247302,2473069617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3247299,247302,24730624243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22247301,24730612537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22247302,24730661156



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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