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Locality Name:
Cimarron Range, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 49072
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49072.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cimarron Range, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Baldy District
Cimarroncito District
Philmont Scout Ranch

Latitude: 36°34'6"N
Longitude: 105°8'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.568333333333,-105.14361111111

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 Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe K Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
EpidoteFeldsparGarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteTetrahedrite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312444891534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12444622734
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4244465,244466,244485,24449027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12444624979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12444685707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26244465,244466,244476,244482,244485,24449027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12444621382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12444623531
Copper  (*)CopperCu12444623846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12444622970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612444664135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)7244465,244466,244485,244486,244487,244489,2444908173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3244465,244482,24448524243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS1244462131
Gold  (*)CopperAu11244465,244468,244472,244473,244475,244476,244477,244478,244480,244484,24448530554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12444652812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O37244462,244473,244485,244486,244487,244489,24449014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412444655591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44244462,244485,244486,24449014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23244468,244486,24448912537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212444625800
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12444912349
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31244462733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312444621425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211244465,244466,244475,244476,244477,244478,244480,244482,244485,244487,24449039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83244465,244466,2444829056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211244465,244466,244468,244478,244480,244482,244485,244487,244489,244490,24449161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12444621711
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)0598
Silver  (*)CopperAg12444625186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124446221482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41244462586
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1244462510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312444625317
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12444621025



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