Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rincon District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36493
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36493.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rincon District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
A.B.C. Mine
Horseshoe Deposit
Lighttower Property
Luchini Manganese Prospect
Morgan Claims
Palm Park
Rincon Quarry
Salem

Latitude: 32°45'48"N
Longitude: 107°8'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.763333333333,-107.14

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Manganite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H Mn O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	244685,244688,244689,244690,244691,244692	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	244690,244691,244692,244696	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	244696	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	244689,244690,244691,244696	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	244690	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	244690	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	244690	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	244690	2228
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	0		770
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	244689	1508
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	244689	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	244689,244690,244691,244696	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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