Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Placitas District, Bernalillo Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 34599
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34599.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Placitas District, Bernalillo Co., New Mexico, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Blackbird Prospect
Darrel Prospect
Eighty-five Prospect
Juan Tabo Area
La Luz Prospect
Mohawk Prospect
Red Hill Prospect
Schmidt Prospect

Latitude: 35°7'3"N
Longitude: 106°24'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.1175,-106.41444444444

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Titanite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	244172	8803
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	244172	718
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	244173	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	244172	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	244172	3531
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	244172	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	244172	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	7	244169,244170,244171,244173,244174,244175,244176	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	244173	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	244172	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	244172	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	244172	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	244172	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	244172	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	244172	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	244172	1516
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	244172	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	244172	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	244172	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	244172	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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