Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3997
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3997.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Snake Pit Mine

Latitude: 33°49'41"N
Longitude: 106°22'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.828055555556,-106.36666666667

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brackebuschite	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Coronadite	Corundum	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Linarite	Malachite	Murdochite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spangolite
Turquoise

Anglesite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Corkite ()*	Coronadite ()*
Crandallite ()*	Creedite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Dickite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Murdochite ()*
Phosgenite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Scrutinyite ()*	Spangolite ()*	Stolzite ()*
Tsumebite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brackebuschite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite
Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Coronadite Corundum Cyanotrichite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite
Linarite Malachite Murdochite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spangolite
Turquoise

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0		2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	0		246
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		132
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	247280	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	247280	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	0		77
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	0		151
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	0		227
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	0		310
Creedite ()*	None	Ca₃Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₂F₈·2H₂O	0		48
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	0		179
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		651
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	247280	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	247280	234
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	0		987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	247280	12537
Murdochite ()*	Murdochite	Cu₁₂Pb₂O₁₅Cl₂	0		34
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	1	247280	142
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	0		158
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	0		170
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	247280	369
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	247280	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	247280	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		454
Scrutinyite ()*	Columbite	PbO₂	1	247280	6
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	0		105
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	1	247280	156
Tsumebite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Cu(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)	0		32
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	247280	484
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	0		1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R080023	Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA	https://rruff.info/R080023
R080020	Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA	https://rruff.info/R080020
R080019	Snake Pit Mine, Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA	https://rruff.info/R080019
R080018	Snake Pit Mine, Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA	https://rruff.info/R080018

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