Mineral Evolution Database
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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

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: 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: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAphthitaliteAragoniteArsenopyrite
BaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeDumortierite
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteFornaciteGarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMeliliteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePhenakitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SerpentineSphaleriteSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtzite

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 nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O7050
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12459968803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312459971534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12459622734
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41245996708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2245970,2460009052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22245962,2459895509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124598211547
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr1245968227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11245962,245966,245967,245968,245969,245971,245972,245973,245982,245989,24599627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)6245962,245971,245972,245973,245982,2459924979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124600027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12459773531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)1245962363
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1812459961008
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21245996327
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612459964135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212459829895
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O181245958231
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3245962,245992,2459968173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212459629617
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)085
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11245962,245966,245967,245968,245969,245970,245982,245992,245998,245999,24600024243
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O70114
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2245965,2459827437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312459961544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124598214640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O3245962,245965,2459821689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612459621066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612459822228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412459705591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44245962,245982,245992,24599614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23245962,245977,24598912537
Merwinite  (*)AphthitaliteCa3Mg(SiO4)2124599623
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl4245962,245972,245977,2459821107
Molybdofornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(MoO4)(AsO4)(OH)2245962,24597217
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)1245996153
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23245958,245970,24598217380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2245965,2459822994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12459962349
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212459961898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210245966,245967,245968,245969,245970,245982,245996,245998,245999,24600039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211245958,245962,245966,245967,245968,245969,245971,245982,245989,245996,24600061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12459984894
Silver  (*)CopperAg2245959,2459685186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)4245962,245971,245972,2459732473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS9245962,245966,245967,245968,245969,245970,245982,245998,24599921482
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)124599654
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12459964899
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1245967605
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012459961395
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO44245962,245965,245972,245977303
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO34245962,245972,245973,2459961247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43245962,245968,2459721655
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO098
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12459961025



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050236South Peak (South Sisters Peak), Tres Hermanas District, Tres Hermanas Mts, Luna Co., New Mexico, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050236


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