Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Capitan Mts, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36973
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36973.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Capitan Mts, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Capitan District

Latitude: 33°37'3"N
Longitude: 105°22'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.6175,-105.36972222222

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Ilvaite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*
Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Sylvite ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Andalusite Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Ilvaite Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Staurolite Titanite Zircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	245671	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	245662	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	245662	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	245671	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	245662	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	245662	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	245662	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	245662	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	245662	1036
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	245662	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	245662	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	245667,245671	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	245670	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	245662	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	245662	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	245662	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	245666,245667,245671,245673	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	245662	5433
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	1	245662	197
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	245662	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	245666,245667,245671,245672,245673,245674	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	245662	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	245662	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	245662	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	245667	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	245664,245665,245670,245671	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	245662	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	245662	6417
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	245662	978
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	245662	275
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	245662	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	245671	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	245667	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	245662	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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