Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Jarita-Apache Area, Petaca District, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 51252
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51252.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Jarita-Apache Area, Petaca District, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
Apache No. 1 Mine (Porter; Blue)
Apache No. 2 Mine
Blue Bird Deposit
Coats Pegmatite (American)
Conquistidor Deposit (Augusta Deposit)
Coyote Deposit (California Deposit)
De Aragon Deposit
El Contento Deposit
Etter Deposit
Keystone-Western Deposit
La Jarita Creek
La Jarita Deposit
Lone Wolf Deposit (Silver Dollar)
Lonesome Deposit
Mary Deposit
Maulsby Deposit
Mica Lode Deposit
Navajo Deposit (Summit; Highland)
North Star Deposit (Miller Deposit)
Pinos Altos Deposit
Prima Deposit
Prince Deposit
Queen Deposit
Sandoval Deposit (Old Black Horse; Kentucky)
Silver Plate Deposit
St Joseph Deposit
Unnamed Prospect (1)
Unnamed Prospect (2)
Vesely Deposit
Vestegard Pegmatite
Werner Deposit
Wyoming Deposit

Latitude: 36°30'56"N
Longitude: 106°3'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.515555555556,-106.05111111111

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.

Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite
Spinel	Stibnite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Spessartine ()*
Thorite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*

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 Ce Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Bismutite Calcite Chalcanthite Clay Columbite Corundum Covellite Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Malachite Mica Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Scheelite
Spinel Stibnite Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	26	246413,246415,246416,246417,246420,246421,246422,246423,246424,246425,246426,246427,246428,246429,246430,246431,246432,246434,246435,246436,246437,246438,246439,246440,246442,246443	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	21	246413,246414,246415,246420,246421,246422,246424,246425,246426,246427,246429,246431,246432,246435,246436,246437,246438,246440,246442,246443,246444	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	246436	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	17	246413,246415,246416,246417,246418,246421,246422,246425,246426,246427,246430,246431,246432,246435,246436,246437,246438	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	246415	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	246442	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	246416	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	246415	5707
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	246415	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	246416	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	22	246413,246415,246416,246417,246418,246420,246422,246424,246425,246426,246427,246429,246430,246431,246432,246434,246435,246436,246437,246439,246443,246444	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	246419	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	6	246416,246419,246424,246425,246435,246438	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	246413,246416,246418,246424,246425,246430,246435	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	246415	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	28	246413,246415,246416,246417,246418,246419,246420,246421,246422,246424,246425,246426,246427,246428,246429,246430,246431,246432,246434,246435,246436,246437,246438,246439,246440,246442,246443,246444	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	246423	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	246416	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	29	246413,246415,246416,246417,246418,246419,246420,246421,246422,246424,246425,246426,246427,246428,246429,246430,246431,246432,246434,246435,246436,246437,246438,246439,246440,246441,246442,246443,246444	17380
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	246415	121
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	246423	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	30	246413,246414,246415,246416,246417,246418,246419,246420,246421,246422,246424,246425,246426,246427,246428,246429,246430,246431,246432,246434,246435,246436,246437,246438,246439,246440,246441,246442,246443,246444	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	14	246413,246415,246416,246417,246420,246422,246424,246426,246431,246436,246437,246438,246442,246444	353
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	24	246413,246415,246416,246417,246418,246419,246420,246421,246422,246424,246425,246426,246427,246429,246430,246431,246432,246434,246435,246437,246438,246439,246443,246444	1214
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2	246416,246431	1006
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	246416,246426	2718
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	246416	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	246416	939
Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	(Y,U,Fe²⁺)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)₄	2	246413,246416	51

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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