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Locality Name:
Jim Crow-Imperial, Steeple Rock District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37824
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37824.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jim Crow-Imperial, Steeple Rock District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Imperial Mine
Jim Crow Mine
Three Brothers Mine

Latitude: 32°49'0"N
Longitude: 108°58'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.816666666667,-108.97916666667
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 Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovellite
DescloiziteDiasporeMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakiteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Duftite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12453332793
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61245333919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212453345509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124533427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124533427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12453343531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12453344165
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)2245333,245334378
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)1245334220
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124533424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12453347437
Gold  (*)CopperAu124533430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124533414640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612453352228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124533412537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl12453341107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)2245333,245334362
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61245335477
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12453341725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124533461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124533421482
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1245334605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41245334303


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