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Locality Name:
Alamos Area, Petaca District, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 51255
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51255.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alamos Area, Petaca District, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Alamos Deposit (Parker Deposit)
Alto Deposit
Big Boy No. 3 Deposit
Carmelita Deposit
Guadalupe Deposit
Hillside Deposit
Little Julia Deposit
Little Julia No. 1 Deposit
Red Claim (Peacock Claim)
Sunnyside Mine
Triple E Mine
White Pegmatite (Lyons Deposit)

Latitude: 36°27'28"N
Longitude: 106°2'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.457777777778,-106.0475
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 Na Nb O S Si Ta Ti U Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylBismutiteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCorundumFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMica
NonePyriteQuartzSpinelTopaz

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismutite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Topaz  (*)Yttrotantalite-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11246384,246385,246386,246387,246388,246389,246390,246391,246392,246394,2463958803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O187246384,246386,246387,246388,246389,246393,2463944286
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)6246384,246387,246388,246390,246392,246393716
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12463845707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124639227198
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O61246384289
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212246384,246385,246386,246387,246388,246389,246390,246391,246392,246393,246394,2463959617
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32246391,2463935433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124639314899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12246384,246385,246386,246387,246388,246389,246390,246391,246392,246393,246394,2463954924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212246384,246385,246386,246387,246388,246389,246390,246391,246392,246393,246394,24639517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124639239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212246384,246385,246386,246387,246388,246389,246390,246391,246392,246393,246394,24639561156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O88246384,246385,246387,246388,246389,246390,246392,246395353
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)33246391,246392,2463931214
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F212463931476
Yttrotantalite-(Y)  (*)Columbite(Y,U,Fe2+)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)4124639551


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