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Locality Name:
South Canyon District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3971
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3971.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Canyon District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Blue Star Prospect
Cerro De Muleros
Rucca Canyon (Rucker Canyon)
Soledad Canyon
South Canyon Magnesite Deposits
White Spar Mine (White Spar Deposit)

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 Ba C Ca Cr F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteBaryteBerylBruciteCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundum
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetLazuliteMicaNoneOlivinePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSpinelWollastonite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Antigorite  (*)
Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Periclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12447168803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512447171310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2244715,24472011547
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)21244719462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2244716,24471927770
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212447199895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12447188173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212447159617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12447191188
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O0341
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32244717,2447185433
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)21244717232
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)12447191487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12447162349
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO1244719114
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22244715,24471661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22244717,2447185614
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)30212
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412447151655


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