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Locality Name:
Orogrande District, Otero Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 48753
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48753.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orogrande District, Otero Co., New Mexico, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
By Chance Mine
Center Placer
Cotton Top Placer
Crown Point Mine
Delusion Mine
Garnet Mine
I Mine
Iron Duke Mine
Iron King Mine
Iron Mask Mine
Iron Queen Mine
James Fisk Mine
Jarilla Hills Placers
Jim Mine
Laura Mine
Little Joe Placer
Lucky Mine
Mae Belle Mine
Mid Day Lode
Nannie Baird Mine
Orogrande
Providence Mine
Shoo Fly Mine
Three Bears Mine
Tiffany Turquoise Mine

Latitude: 32°24'45"N
Longitude: 106°6'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.4125,-106.1075

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	Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite
Melanterite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Titanite	Turquoise	Wollastonite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dioptase ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite
Melanterite Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Titanite Turquoise Wollastonite Zircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	246230,246236	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	246233,246239	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	0		5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	246239	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	246214	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	246214,246220,246230,246233	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	246230	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	0		164
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	246233	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	246230	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	246229,246233	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	246220,246230,246233,246236,246239	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	246230	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	246233,246236	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	246236	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	246214,246220,246230,246233,246239	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	246233,246239	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0		4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	246230	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	0		484
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0		1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	0		1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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