Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Palm Park, Rincon District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 49086
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49086.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palm Park, Rincon District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hines Claim
Palm Park Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	None
Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum None
Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	244690,244691	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	244690,244691	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	244690,244691	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	244690	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	244690	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	244690	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	244690	2228
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	244690,244691	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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