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Locality Name:
Mahoney Mines Area, Tres Hermanas District, Tres Hermanas Mts, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33353
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33353.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mahoney Mines Area, Tres Hermanas District, Tres Hermanas Mts, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Big Bug Group
Bull Dog No. 4 Claim
Cincinnati Vein System
Comfort Claim
Contention Claim
Dona Susan Claim
Dorothy Shaft
Evans Prospect
Flat Foot Claim
Forgotten No. 1 Claim
Gold Flat Prospect
Homestead Prospect
Liberty Prospect
Lindy Ann Claims
Lottie Claim
Minnie Helen Claim
New Years Gift Claim
Red Bird Shaft
Small Hope Prospect

Latitude: 31°54'43"N
Longitude: 107°44'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.911944444444,-107.74083333333

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Fornacite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wollastonite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bromargyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdofornacite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Fornacite Kaolinite Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Wollastonite

34 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)	0		2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	245970	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	245982	11547
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1	245968	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	245966,245967,245968,245969,245971,245972,245973,245982	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4	245971,245972,245973,245982	4979
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	245977	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	0		363
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	245982	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	245966,245967,245968,245969,245970,245982	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	245965,245982	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	245982	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	245965,245982	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	245982	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	245970	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	245982	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	245977	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	3	245972,245977,245982	1107
Molybdofornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(MoO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	1	245972	17
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	245970,245982	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	245965,245982	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	245966,245967,245968,245969,245970,245982	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	245966,245967,245968,245969,245971,245982	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	245968	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	245971,245972,245973	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	245966,245967,245968,245969,245970,245982	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	245967	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	3	245965,245972,245977	303
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	2	245972,245973	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	245968,245972	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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