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Locality Name:
Carlsbad Potash District, New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3964
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3964.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carlsbad Potash District, New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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 B C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAphthitaliteArcaniteBlöditeCalciteCarnalliteClayCoronaditeCorundumEpsomite
GypsumKaoliniteKieseriteLangbeiniteNoneNot in a structural groupPicromeritePyriteQuartzRocksalt
Smectite-vermiculiteSyngeniteTalc

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Aphthitalite  (*)Arcanite  (*)Bischofite  (*)Blödite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carnallite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Erythrosiderite  (*)Glauberite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kainite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kieserite  (*)Langbeinite  (*)Leonite  (*)
Löweite  (*)Lüneburgite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Opal  (*)Picromerite  (*)Polyhalite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sylvite  (*)Syngenite  (*)Tachyhydrite  (*)Talc  (*)Thénardite  (*)
Vanthoffite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Aphthitalite  (*)AphthitaliteK3Na(SO4)2077
Arcanite  (*)ArcaniteK2(SO4)030
Bischofite  (*)NoneMgCl2·6H2O042
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O0130
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Carnallite  (*)CarnalliteKMgCl3·6H2O0132
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O160599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Erythrosiderite  (*)NoneK2Fe3+Cl5·H2O07
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)20137
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Kainite  (*)NoneKMg(SO4)Cl·2.75H2O050
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Kieserite  (*)KieseriteMg(SO4)·H2O080
Langbeinite  (*)LangbeiniteK2Mg2(SO4)3043
Leonite  (*)NoneK2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O024
Löweite  (*)NoneNa12Mg7(SO4)13·15H2O028
Lüneburgite  (*)NoneMg3[B2(OH)6(PO4)2]·6H2O014
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O0223
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Picromerite  (*)PicromeriteK2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O044
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O0102
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl0275
Syngenite  (*)SyngeniteK2Ca(SO4)2·H2O044
Tachyhydrite  (*)NoneCaMg2Cl6·12H2O016
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)0299
Vanthoffite  (*)NoneNa6Mg(SO4)4016



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