Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Hondo Canyon District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 49420
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49420.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hondo Canyon District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Arroyo Hondo

Latitude: 36°32'10"N
Longitude: 105°40'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.536111111111,-105.66972222222

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.

Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Clay	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Spinel	Staurolite	Talc

Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Petalite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*

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 Fe H K Li Mg O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Fe H K Li Mg O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenopyrite Clay Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt
Spinel Staurolite Talc

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	247527	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	0		124
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	0		978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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