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:
Chuska Mountains, San Juan Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 49343
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49343.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chuska Mountains, San Juan Co., New Mexico, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Washington Pass

Latitude: 36°5'25"N
Longitude: 108°51'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.090277777778,-108.85944444444

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	Clay	None	Pyroxene	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 Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Clay None Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Augite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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