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Locality Name:
San Jose District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33178
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33178.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Jose District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Pankey Vein (Nogal Mine)
Rhyolite Mine
Taylor Property

Latitude: 33°33'40"N
Longitude: 107°22'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.561111111111,-107.37861111111

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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Na O S Sb Si Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Fe H K Na O S Si Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneCalciteClayCopperCorundumFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMalachite
MicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltZircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Alunite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Silver  (*)Stephanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1247433470
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2247433,24743527770
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12474331382
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212474339617
Gold  (*)CopperAu2247433,24743530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124743312537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124743339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22247433,24743561156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)0598
Silver  (*)CopperAg12474335186
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41247433586
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



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