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Locality Name:
Little Hatchet Mine, Sylvanite District, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36634
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36634.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Little Hatchet Mine, Sylvanite District, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Faria Workings
Santa Maria Tunnel

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteMalachiteMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212456393419
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212456385509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124563911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2245638,24563927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12456385707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124563927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12456383531
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2245638,2456398173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124563814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124563812537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22245638,2456395800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1245639494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22245638,24563939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812456389056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22245638,24563961156


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