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Locality Name:
Georgetown, Georgetown District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37317
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37317.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Georgetown, Georgetown District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Alhambra Mine
Commercial Cramer Mine (Commercial Mine; Commercial Incline)
Edith Mine
Forgotten Group Mine
MacGregor Mine
McNulty Mine
Naiad Queen Mine
Satisfaction Mine
Uncle Sam Mine

Latitude: 32°50'53"N
Longitude: 108°1'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.848055555556,-108.02388888889
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: Ag Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Cu 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteAragoniteCalciteCopperCorundumDescloiziteDiasporeMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Descloizite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Plattnerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Silver  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12450512793
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12450513250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61245051919
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr4245050,245051,245052,245054227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2245051,24505727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2245050,2450514979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12450511382
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)4245051,245053,245054,245056378
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2245051,24505824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12450517437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124505114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O4245050,245051,245053,2450561689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612450502228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124505112537
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO23245050,245051,245053158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124505139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22245051,24505761156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21245053454
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl6245050,245051,245054,245055,245056,245057605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO43245050,245051,245053303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43245050,245051,2450541655


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