Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

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 ()*

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:
Allophane Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	244489	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	244462	2734
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	244465,244466,244485,244490	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	244462	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	244468	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	244465,244466,244476,244482,244485,244490	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	244462	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	244462	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	244462	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	244462	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	244466	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	7	244465,244466,244485,244486,244487,244489,244490	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	244465,244482,244485	24243
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	1	244462	131
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	11	244465,244468,244472,244473,244475,244476,244477,244478,244480,244484,244485	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	244465	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	244462,244473,244485,244486,244487,244489,244490	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	244465	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	244462,244485,244486,244490	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	244468,244486,244489	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	244462	5800
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	244491	2349
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	244462	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	244462	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	11	244465,244466,244475,244476,244477,244478,244480,244482,244485,244487,244490	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	244465,244466,244482	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	244465,244466,244468,244478,244480,244482,244485,244487,244489,244490,244491	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	244462	1711
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		598
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	244462	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	244462	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	244462	586
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	244462	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	244462	5317
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	244462	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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