Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Cornudas Mts, Otero Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 49330
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49330.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cornudas Mts, Otero Co., New Mexico, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wind Mountain

Latitude: 32°1'30"N
Longitude: 105°30'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.025,-105.51527777778

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Catapleiite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Corundum	Elpidite	Epidote	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gaidonnayite	Garnet	Heulandite
Lemoynite	Lovozerite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Palygorskite
Parisite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Sapphirine	Scheelite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Thomsonite	Titanite	Tridymite	Wöhlerite	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 B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P REE S Si Th Ti Y Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Catapleiite Clay
Clinozoisite Corundum Elpidite Epidote Eudialyte Feldspar Fluorite Gaidonnayite Garnet Heulandite
Lemoynite Lovozerite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Olivine Palygorskite
Parisite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane Sapphirine Scheelite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel
Thomsonite Titanite Tridymite Wöhlerite Zircon

69 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*
Andradite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brockite ()*
Calcite ()*	Catapleiite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Diopside ()*
Elpidite ()*	Epididymite ()*	Epidote ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Fayalite ()*
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Ferro-katophorite ()*	Ferrokentbrooksite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gaidonnayite ()*	Georgechaoite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*
Hochelagaite ()*	Kentbrooksite ()*	Låvenite ()*	Lemoynite ()*	Lovozerite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Miserite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Mosandrite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Narsarsukite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Nordstrandite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Parakeldyshite ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*
Petarasite ()*	Polylithionite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Reedmergnerite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Rosenbuschite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Tuperssuatsiaite ()*
Vaterite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Yofortierite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	246208	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1	246208	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	246208	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	246208	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	246208	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	246208	1534
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	246208	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	246208	11547
Brockite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO₄)·H₂O	1	246208	48
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	246208	27770
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	1	246208	113
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	Ca₃(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	1	246208	33
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	246208	4135
Elpidite ()*	Elpidite	Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O	1	246208	50
Epididymite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	1	246208	70
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	246208	8173
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	1	246208	182
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	246208	371
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		271
Ferro-katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		38
Ferrokentbrooksite ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe²⁺₃Zr₃Nb(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(F,Cl)₂	1	246208	15
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	246208	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	246208	9617
Gaidonnayite ()*	Gaidonnayite	Na₂ZrSi₃O₉·2H₂O	1	246208	21
Georgechaoite ()*	Gaidonnayite	KNaZrSi₃O₉·2H₂O	1	246208	7
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	246208	167
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	246208	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	246208	246
Hochelagaite ()*	None	CaNb₄O₁₁·8H₂O	1	246208	9
Kentbrooksite ()*	Eudialyte	(Na,REE)₁₅(Ca,REE)₆Mn₃Zr₃Nb(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(F,Cl)₂	1	246208	19
Låvenite ()*	Wöhlerite	(Na,Ca)₄(Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺)₂(Zr,Ti,Nb)₂(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	1	246208	58
Lemoynite ()*	Lemoynite	Na₂CaZr₂Si₁₀O₂₆·5-6H₂O	1	246208	3
Lovozerite ()*	Lovozerite	Na₃CaZrSi₆O₁₅(OH)₃	1	246208	19
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	246208	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	246208	4924
Miserite ()*	None	K_1.5-x(Ca,Y,REE)₅[Si₆O₁₅][Si₂O₇](OH,F)₂·yH₂O	1	246208	14
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	246208	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	246208	945
Mosandrite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)[(H₂O)₂Ca_0.5 _0.5]Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OH)₂(H₂O)₂	1	246208	45
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	246208	17380
Narsarsukite ()*	None	Na₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)Si₄(O,F)₁₁	1	246208	34
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	246208	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	246208	884
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	246208	64
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	246208	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	246208	2349
Parakeldyshite ()*	None	Na₂ZrSi₂O₇	1	246208	12
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	1	246208	112
Petarasite ()*	None	Na₅Zr₂Si₆O₁₈(Cl,OH)·2H₂O	1	246208	6
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	1	246208	89
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	246208	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	246208	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	246208	61156
Reedmergnerite ()*	Feldspar	NaBSi₃O₈	1	246208	9
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	246208	1711
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	246208	375
Rosenbuschite ()*	None	Ca₆Zr₂Na₆ZrTi(Si₂O₇)₄(OF)₂F₄	1	246208	42
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	246208	6417
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	246208	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	246208	21482
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	246208	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	246208	4899
Tuperssuatsiaite ()*	Palygorskite	Na₂(Fe³⁺,Mn²⁺)₃Si₈O₂₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	246208	10
Vaterite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)	1	246208	37
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	246208	939
Yofortierite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	Mn²⁺₅Si₈O₂₀(OH)₂·7H₂O	1	246208	8
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	246208	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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