Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Tres Hermanas District, Tres Hermanas Mts, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 4000
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4000.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tres Hermanas District, Tres Hermanas Mts, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 39

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
11th Hour Prospect
Dumortierite Locality
Hercules Mine
Lindberg Prospect
Little John Prospect
Mahoney Mines Area
Middle Peak (Middle Sisters Peak)
North Peak (North Sisters Peak)
Romanho Prospect
South Peak (South Sisters Peak)
Waterloo Mine

Latitude: 31°54'18"N
Longitude: 107°43'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.905,-107.71972222222

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite
Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Dumortierite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Fornacite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Melilite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phenakite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Br C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cr Cu H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aphthitalite Aragonite Arsenopyrite
Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Dumortierite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Fornacite Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Melilite Mica None
Not in a structural group Olivine Phenakite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Åkermanite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Conichalcite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dumortierite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fornacite ()*	Galena ()*
Gehlenite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Merwinite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdofornacite ()*	Monticellite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spurrite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Willemite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zincite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	0		2793
Åkermanite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂MgSi₂O₇	0		50
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	245996	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	245997	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	245962	2734
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	245996	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	245970,246000	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	245962,245989	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	245982	11547
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1	245968	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	11	245962,245966,245967,245968,245969,245971,245972,245973,245982,245989,245996	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	6	245962,245971,245972,245973,245982,245992	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	246000	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	245977	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	245962	363
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	245996	1008
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	245996	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	245996	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	245982	9895
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	245958	231
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	245962,245992,245996	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	245962	9617
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	0		85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	11	245962,245966,245967,245968,245969,245970,245982,245992,245998,245999,246000	24243
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	0		114
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	245965,245982	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	245996	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	245982	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	3	245962,245965,245982	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	245962	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	245982	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	245970	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	245962,245982,245992,245996	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	245962,245977,245989	12537
Merwinite ()*	Aphthitalite	Ca₃Mg(SiO₄)₂	1	245996	23
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	4	245962,245972,245977,245982	1107
Molybdofornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(MoO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	2	245962,245972	17
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	245996	153
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	245958,245970,245982	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	245965,245982	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	245996	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	245996	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	245966,245967,245968,245969,245970,245982,245996,245998,245999,246000	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	245958,245962,245966,245967,245968,245969,245971,245982,245989,245996,246000	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	245998	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	245959,245968	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	4	245962,245971,245972,245973	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	9	245962,245966,245967,245968,245969,245970,245982,245998,245999	21482
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	1	245996	54
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	245996	4899
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	245967	605
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	245996	1395
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	4	245962,245965,245972,245977	303
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	4	245962,245972,245973,245996	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	3	245962,245968,245972	1655
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	0		98
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	245996	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050236	South Peak (South Sisters Peak), Tres Hermanas District, Tres Hermanas Mts, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA	https://rruff.info/R050236

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