Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Red Hills, Derry District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50345
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50345.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Hills, Derry District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Stolzite ()*
Thorite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vanadinite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Th Ti U V W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Th Ti U V W Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Mica None
Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Scheelite Spinel Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	156
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	890
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	605
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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