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Locality Name:
Wild Horse Mesa, Telegraph District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 34761
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34761.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wild Horse Mesa, Telegraph District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Clover Leaf Prospect (Blackmar Prospect; Blackmoor)
Hot Hole No. 1 Pit
May Day Prospects
Moneymetal Prospect (Union; Hotspot)
Nichols And Winslow Prospect
Prince Albert No. 1 Prospect
Prince Albert No. 2 Prospect
Purple Heart Mine
Rambling Ruby
Rattlesnake Prospect
Reed Adit
Reed Fluorite Mine
Reed Gold Prospect
Sandy Prospect
Springfield Prospect (Winchester)
Union Hill Prospect
Unnamed Prospect NMGR0148
Unnamed Prospect NMGR0150
Unnamed Prospect NMGR0151
Unnamed Prospect NMGR0153
Uranium Deposits
W F Prospect

Latitude: 32°45'52"N
Longitude: 108°34'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.764444444444,-108.57611111111
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBaryteCalciteClayFluoriteMalachiteMicaNonePyriteQuartz
Rocksalt

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Malachite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Saléeite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2245383,24538711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2245383,24538727770
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12453843531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24245376,245383,245384,2453879617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124537624243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124538412537
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O2245377,245379443
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124538317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25245376,245377,245379,245383,24538739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24245376,245383,245384,24538761156
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10124539695
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22245377,2453792718


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