Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Raton, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 49076
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49076.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Raton, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hunter Mesa

Latitude: 36°51'0"N
Longitude: 104°16'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.85,-104.28

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Natrolite	None	Prehnite	Pyroxene
Rutile	Sodalite	Thomsonite	Tridymite

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Graphite ()*
Haüyne ()*	Ice ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Phosphorrösslerite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Siderite ()*	Stishovite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

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 As C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Fe H Mg Na O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Natrolite None Prehnite Pyroxene
Rutile Sodalite Thomsonite Tridymite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			0		1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			0		3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			0		9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			0		2060
Graphite ()*	None	C			0		2812
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)			1	244499	158
Ice ()*	Amorphous Tridymite	H₂O			0		59
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			0		1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	244499	884
Phosphorrösslerite ()*	None	Mg(PO₃OH)·7H₂O	0	0	0		3
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			0		1898
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			0		6417
Stishovite ()*	Rutile	SiO₂			0		26
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O			0		452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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