Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Red River District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33186
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33186.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red River District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA": 54
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 50

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Beverly Prospect
Black Copper Canyon
Copper King Mine (Anaconda Mine; Paxton Mine)
Esther Prospect
Ethel Prospect
Golden Treasure Mine
Goose Creek
Granite Prospect (Munden Prospect)
Highland Chief Claim (Bueno Claim)
Hilltop Gold Placer Prospect
Ione Tunnel
Jacks And Sixes Prospect
Memphis Mine
Pioneer Creek
Placer Creek
Ragged Pants Dick Prospect
Sampson Prospect (McKeen Prospect)
Silver Star Mine
Tenderfoot Creek Prospects
Victor No. 2 Prospect
Whip-Poor-Will Claim
Willard Prospect (Williard Prospect ?)

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite
Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite	Zircon

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb Pt S Sb Si Te Ti U V W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb Pt S Sb Si Te Ti U V W Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Columbite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite
Melonite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Titanite Zircon

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Alunite ()*
Alunogen ()*	Anatase ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	247601,247623,247628	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	0		272
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0		1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	247628	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	247589,247635	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	0		1966
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	0		361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	247594,247606,247631	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	247588,247637	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	11	247588,247589,247590,247596,247597,247603,247619,247628,247635,247637,247638	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	0		345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	247597,247631,247638	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	247588,247590,247597,247628,247637	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	247622	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	0		469
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	7	247589,247590,247603,247609,247613,247635,247637	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	247589,247596,247600	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	247621	2349
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	2	247601,247634	409
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	247628	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	36	247586,247588,247589,247591,247594,247595,247597,247599,247603,247604,247606,247607,247609,247610,247611,247612,247613,247614,247617,247618,247619,247620,247622,247623,247627,247628,247629,247630,247631,247632,247633,247634,247635,247636,247637,247638	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	30	247588,247589,247591,247594,247595,247599,247601,247603,247606,247607,247609,247612,247613,247614,247618,247619,247620,247622,247623,247627,247628,247629,247630,247631,247632,247633,247634,247635,247637,247638	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	0		1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	0		969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	247623	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	0		337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	247588,247628,247637	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	0		3418
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	247589	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	0		2718
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	0		605
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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