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Locality Name:
Las Tablas, Petaca District, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 50444
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50444.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Las Tablas, Petaca District, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Buena Vista
Green Peak
Kiawa Pegmatites
Mesa De La Jarita
South Kiawa

Latitude: 36°12'10"N
Longitude: 106°20'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.202777777778,-106.33833333333
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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na Nb O S Si Ti Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteBerylBismutiteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayColumbiteCorundumFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RutileSpinelStaurolite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Spessartine  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3246463,246465,2464688803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512464671310
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O183246463,246465,2464684286
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)3246464,246465,246468716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412464645516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2246464,2464655707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22246464,24646527198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)21246467376
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12464643531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24246463,246464,246465,2464689617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32246465,24646714640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412464655591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412464671507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42246465,24646714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124646412537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)4246463,246464,246465,2464684924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22246465,2464675800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)25246463,246464,246465,246467,24646817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22246464,24646539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25246463,246464,246465,246467,24646861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212464675614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O83246463,246465,246468353
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)34246463,246464,246465,2464681214
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1246467978


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