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Locality Name:
Grand View Camp, Carpenter District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 38282
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38282.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grand View Camp, Carpenter District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Grand View Mine (Mitch-Gray Mine)
Spates Mine (Mineral Mountain Mine)
Teel Mine

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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFluoriteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124492527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124492527198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12449258173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212449259617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124492524243
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S1244925237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124492514640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124492514899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124492539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124492561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12449254894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124492521482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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