Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tusas Mountain Uranium Prospect, Bromide No. 2 District, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50768
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50768.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tusas Mountain Uranium Prospect, Bromide No. 2 District, Rio Arriba 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.

Autunite	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	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 Ca Cu F Fe H O P S Si U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu F Fe H O P S Si U Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Autunite Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz Zircon

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Autunite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sabugalite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1272
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	443
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sabugalite ()*	None	HAl(UO₂)₄(PO₄)₄·16H₂O	87
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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