Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wind Mountain, Cornudas Mts, Otero Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3988
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3988.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wind Mountain, Cornudas Mts, Otero Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°1'31"N
Longitude: 105°30'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.025277777778,-105.51527777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Catapleiite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Elpidite	Epidote	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gaidonnayite	Garnet	Heulandite	Lemoynite
Lovozerite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Palygorskite	Parisite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Sapphirine	Scheelite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Thomsonite
Titanite	Tridymite	Wöhlerite	Zircon

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 Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P REE S Si Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P REE S Si Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Catapleiite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Elpidite Epidote Eudialyte Feldspar Fluorite Gaidonnayite Garnet Heulandite Lemoynite
Lovozerite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Olivine Palygorskite Parisite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane Sapphirine Scheelite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Thomsonite
Titanite Tridymite Wöhlerite Zircon

65 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*
Andradite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brockite ()*	Calcite ()*
Catapleiite ()*	Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Diopside ()*	Elpidite ()*	Epididymite ()*
Epidote ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Fayalite ()*	Ferrokentbrooksite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gaidonnayite ()*	Georgechaoite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Hematite ()*
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Hochelagaite ()*	Kentbrooksite ()*	Låvenite ()*	Lemoynite ()*
Lovozerite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Miserite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Mosandrite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Narsarsukite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Nordstrandite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Parakeldyshite ()*
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Petarasite ()*	Polylithionite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Reedmergnerite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Rosenbuschite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*
Tuperssuatsiaite ()*	Vaterite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Yofortierite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	295
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Brockite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO₄)·H₂O	48
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	113
Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	Ca₃(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	33
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Elpidite ()*	Elpidite	Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O	50
Epididymite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	70
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	182
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	371
Ferrokentbrooksite ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe²⁺₃Zr₃Nb(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(F,Cl)₂	15
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gaidonnayite ()*	Gaidonnayite	Na₂ZrSi₃O₉·2H₂O	21
Georgechaoite ()*	Gaidonnayite	KNaZrSi₃O₉·2H₂O	7
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	167
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	246
Hochelagaite ()*	None	CaNb₄O₁₁·8H₂O	9
Kentbrooksite ()*	Eudialyte	(Na,REE)₁₅(Ca,REE)₆Mn₃Zr₃Nb(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(F,Cl)₂	19
Låvenite ()*	Wöhlerite	(Na,Ca)₄(Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺)₂(Zr,Ti,Nb)₂(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	58
Lemoynite ()*	Lemoynite	Na₂CaZr₂Si₁₀O₂₆·5-6H₂O	3
Lovozerite ()*	Lovozerite	Na₃CaZrSi₆O₁₅(OH)₃	19
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Miserite ()*	None	K_1.5-x(Ca,Y,REE)₅[Si₆O₁₅][Si₂O₇](OH,F)₂·yH₂O	14
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Mosandrite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)[(H₂O)₂Ca_0.5 _0.5]Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OH)₂(H₂O)₂	45
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Narsarsukite ()*	None	Na₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)Si₄(O,F)₁₁	34
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	64
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Parakeldyshite ()*	None	Na₂ZrSi₂O₇	12
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	112
Petarasite ()*	None	Na₅Zr₂Si₆O₁₈(Cl,OH)·2H₂O	6
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	89
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Reedmergnerite ()*	Feldspar	NaBSi₃O₈	9
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	375
Rosenbuschite ()*	None	Ca₆Zr₂Na₆ZrTi(Si₂O₇)₄(OF)₂F₄	42
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tuperssuatsiaite ()*	Palygorskite	Na₂(Fe³⁺,Mn²⁺)₃Si₈O₂₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	10
Vaterite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)	37
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Yofortierite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	Mn²⁺₅Si₈O₂₀(OH)₂·7H₂O	8
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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