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Locality Name:
Cabresto Creek, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 49544
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49544.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cabresto Creek, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Cabresto Lake Prospect
Hornet Prospect (Weary Willie Prospect ?)
Iron King Prospect
Jenkin's Lead-Zinc Prospect
Lower Cabresto Creek
Silver King Prospect
Spanish Main Prospect (Governor's Mine?)
Unnamed Prospect (1)
Unnamed Prospects (2)

Latitude: 36°43'58"N
Longitude: 105°28'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.732777777778,-105.48277777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayFluoriteHalotrichiteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212475135509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124750927770
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212475099617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124750924243
Graphite  (*)NoneC12475082812
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1247508409
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124751014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124751312537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124750817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23247509,247514,24751739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23247508,247509,24751061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12475091711
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124750921482


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