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Locality Name:
Ladron District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33172
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33172.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ladron District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Aqua Torres Prospect
Carter-Tolliver-Cook Prospect
Cascabel Mine
Jeter Mine (Charlie No. 2 Prospect)
Juan Torres Prospect
Little Davis Prospect
Lucky Don Prospect
Marie Prospect
Rule Prospect

Latitude: 34°18'40"N
Longitude: 106°54'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.311111111111,-106.9125

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Autunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite
Meta-autunite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Spinel	Thomsonite	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Augite ()*	Autunite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Paraschoepite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Soddyite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	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: Ag Al Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg I K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg I K Mg Na O S Sb Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Autunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite
Meta-autunite Mica None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Spinel Thomsonite Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	0		2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	247312	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	247312	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	247313	5516
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	0		227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	4	247310,247312,247314,247315	1184
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	247313,247317	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	247310,247313	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	0		2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	0		1756
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	247312	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	247313,247317	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	247311,247313	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	247310	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	247311	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	247311,247313	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	0		180
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	247312,247317	12537
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	247312	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	247312	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Paraschoepite ()*	None	UO₃·(2-x)H₂O	1	247312	4
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	247310,247317	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	247311,247313	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Soddyite ()*	None	(UO₂)₂(SiO₄)(H₂O)₂	1	247312	44
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	0		586
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	0		452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	3	247312,247314,247315	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	247312	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	247310	890

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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