Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gila Fluorspar District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 34793
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34793.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gila Fluorspar District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Aguilar Prospect (Brock Canyon Prospect)
Ash Spring
Big Spar Prospect
Big Tail Prospect
Blue Benny Prospect
Blue Bessey Prospect
Blue Bird Mine
Blue Spar Prospect
Blue Star Prospect
Cedar Hill Prospect
Clum Mine
Foster Mine
Gila Montes Prospect
Green Spar Mine
Last Chance Mine
Thanksgiving Prospect
Unnamed Prospect (47)
Victory Prospect
Watson Mountain 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.

Calcite	Feldspar	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

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 C Ca F Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Feldspar Fluorite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunogen ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	245081	272
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	245074	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	18	245068,245070,245071,245072,245073,245074,245075,245076,245077,245078,245079,245080,245081,245082,245083,245084,245085,245086	9617
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	245081	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	245077	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	245069	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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