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Locality Name:
Red Lake Volcanic Field, McKinley Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 50820
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50820.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Lake Volcanic Field, McKinley Co., New Mexico, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Green Knobs

Latitude: 35°57'11"N
Longitude: 109°1'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.953055555556,-109.02833333333
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 F Fe H Mg O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteGarnetHumiteNoneOlivinePyroxene
SepioliteSpinelTalc

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Sepiolite  (*)
Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124618127770
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F21246181236
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612461814135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61246181944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12461818173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12461811188
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312461815433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124618114899
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)31246181341
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O1246181241
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212461813337


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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