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Locality Name:
Twining District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33189
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33189.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Twining District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Amizette
Commodore Prospect
Comstock Mine (Commonwealth Mine; Copper Bell Mine)
Copper King Mine
Fariview Mountain
Frazer Mine
Highline Mine (Bull Of The Woods Mine)
Iron Dyke Mine (Dike Mine)
Jack Pot Prospect
Lake Fork
MnO2 Claim
Silver Star Prospect
South Fork Mine

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMalachiteMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTalc

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)26247658,247659,247662,247663,247664,2476655509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412476625516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2247662,24766727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2247662,2476635707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27247656,247657,247658,247662,247663,247664,24766527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3247658,247662,2476633531
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2247657,2476632970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3247656,247665,24766924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu124766230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34247656,247658,247664,24766514640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124766814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)28247657,247658,247662,247663,247664,247665,247669,24767012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28247656,247657,247658,247661,247662,247663,247664,24767039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27247656,247658,247662,247663,247664,247665,24766961156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2247656,24766521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212476623337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101



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