Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Water Canyon District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33181
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33181.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Water Canyon District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Buckeye Mine
Ellis Canyon Prospect
Hall-Lytton Property (Minerva Group)
Maggie Merchant Claim
Niggerhead Mine
Nutter Lease
Queen Group
Ryan Hill
Tingley Prospect
Water Canyon Mine

Latitude: 34°2'9"N
Longitude: 107°8'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.035833333333,-107.14138888889

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum
Covellite	Epsomite	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Minium	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Copper ()*	Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hollandite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Massicot ()*
Mimetite ()*	Minium ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum
Covellite Epsomite Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Mica Minium None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Talc Tetrahedrite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	247463	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	247463	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	247463,247467	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	247463,247471	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	247463	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	247462,247464	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	247462,247463,247464,247465,247467	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	0		2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	247462	3846
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	247470	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	247464	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	247470	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	247462	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	247463,247464,247465,247467	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	247465	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	247470	243
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	247469	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	247463	12537
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	1	247462	202
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	0		1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	1	247462	247
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	247463,247469	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	247462,247464,247467,247471	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3	247463,247466,247470	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	247463,247471	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	247464,247465,247467	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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