Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Virginia District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg District, Pyramid Mts, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 35161
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35161.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Virginia District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg District, Pyramid Mts, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico, USA": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 43

Number of Child Localities: 43
Child Localities:
Aberdeen Mine (Morningstar Mine)
Ada Etta Mine (Mikesell Group)
Anita Mine
Atwood-Henry Clay Mine (Alamo Mine)
Battleship Mine
BB65 Claim
Big Three Mine
Bluebird Draw Prospect
Bluebird Mine
Bonney Mine (Banner Mine)
CC23 Claim
CC24 Claim
Century Mine
Cerussite Prospect
Clementine Mine
Cobre Negra Mine (Cobra Negra Mine)
Copper Reef Mine
Eighty-Five Mine (85 Mine; Superior Mine; Dundee Mine; Jim Crow Mine)
Forks Prospect
Francis Kay Mine (Atlantic Mine; Aberdeen Camp)
Gamco Mine (Rosa Mine)
General Jerry Boyle
Goodsight Mine (Bonnie Jean Mine)
Green King Mine (White Cloud Mine)
Henry Clay Mine
Hilltop East Prospect
Hilltop Prospect
Homestake-Needmore Mine
Horn Silver Mine (Eldorado Mine)
Lady Mary Mine
Last Chance Mine
Miser's Chest Mine (Lena Mine)
Nellie Gray Mine
Owl Mine
Pole Line Prospect
Randal Prospect
Roadside Prospect
Ruth Mine
Schley Claim
Section 18 Prospect
Shakespeare Arroyo
Waldo Mine
Walker Prospect

Latitude: 32°18'5"N
Longitude: 108°45'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.301388888889,-108.75

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Fluorite
Linarite	Malachite	Medenbachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tourmaline

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 Au B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Fluorite
Linarite Malachite Medenbachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tourmaline

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*
Dravite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Goyazite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hinsdalite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Linarite ()*	Ludjibaite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pennantite ()*
Plumbogummite ()*	Pseudoboleite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Saponite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	245572	2793
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	245555,245578	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	6	245545,245557,245559,245563,245578,245583	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	245545,245547,245559,245568,245572,245576	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	245578	450
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	245545,245559	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	245545	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	245543,245545,245546,245550,245551,245559,245561,245562,245572,245573	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	0		359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	6	245545,245546,245554,245555,245568,245576	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	245546	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	245543,245545,245559	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	26	245542,245543,245544,245545,245546,245548,245550,245551,245556,245557,245558,245559,245561,245562,245563,245564,245565,245566,245569,245572,245573,245574,245575,245579,245580,245583	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	245545	577
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	3	245543,245567,245572	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	245545	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	4	245558,245559,245563,245575	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	245545,245546	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	245563	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	3	245547,245553,245581	378
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	245555	648
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	6	245544,245551,245552,245553,245569,245584	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	22	245542,245543,245544,245545,245546,245548,245550,245551,245556,245559,245561,245562,245563,245564,245565,245569,245572,245573,245574,245575,245579,245583	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	245545	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	245543,245547	30554
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	245545	173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	245544,245545,245551,245559,245566,245573	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	3	245552,245559,245568	1689
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	245545	82
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	245545,245546,245547	2228
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	245559	234
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	245567	987
Ludjibaite ()*	Medenbachite	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	245545	12
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	245545	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	8	245545,245546,245550,245557,245559,245563,245568,245580	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	245559	5800
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	5	245545,245552,245553,245581,245584	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	245546,245551,245559	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	245545	492
Pennantite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mn²⁺₅Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	0		25
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	245545	170
Pseudoboleite ()*	None	Pb₃₁Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	1	245545	33
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	2	245545,245559	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	245544,245545,245546,245551,245559,245566,245573	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	245545	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	21	245542,245543,245544,245545,245546,245548,245551,245556,245558,245559,245561,245562,245563,245564,245565,245569,245573,245575,245579,245580,245583	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	245561	1711
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	245552,245553,245568	454
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	245582	301
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	245572	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	245559,245584	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	15	245542,245544,245546,245548,245551,245559,245561,245562,245563,245572,245573,245574,245575,245579,245583	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	245557	1101
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	7	245549,245552,245553,245560,245577,245578,245584	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	15	245545,245546,245547,245549,245552,245553,245554,245555,245560,245567,245568,245576,245578,245581,245584	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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