Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Springer, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 51549
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51549.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Springer, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Point Of Rocks Mesa (Pecks Mesa)

Latitude: 36°25'59"N
Longitude: 104°10'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.433055555556,-104.16861111111

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Astrophyllite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Cancrinite
Cancrinite-sodalite	Corundum	Cubanite	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Natrolite	Neptunite	Nickeline
None	Pectolite	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite
Tridymite	Wöhlerite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Brenkite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Cryolite ()*	Eudialyte ()*
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gonnardite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kenyaite ()*	Kogarkoite ()*	Kupletskite ()*	Lorenzenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Manganoneptunite ()*	Microcline ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Neptunite ()*	Normandite ()*	Opal ()*	Paranatrolite ()*	Pectolite ()*
Polylithionite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rasvumite ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rosenbuschite ()*	Searlesite ()*	Serandite ()*	Sodalite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Thermonatrite ()*	Thorbastnäsite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Trona ()*	Villiaumite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Astrophyllite Baryte Bastnäsite Calcite Cancrinite
Cancrinite-sodalite Corundum Cubanite Eudialyte Feldspar Fluorite Mica Natrolite Neptunite Nickeline
None Pectolite Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite
Tridymite Wöhlerite Zircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	244547	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	244547	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	244547	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	244547	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	244547	11547
Brenkite ()*	None	Ca₂(CO₃)F₂	1	244547	4
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	244547	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	244547	232
Cryolite ()*	Perovskite	Na₂NaAlF₆	1	244547	50
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	1	244547	182
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	244546	271
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	244547	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	244547	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	244547	24243
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	244547	167
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	244547	14640
Kenyaite ()*	None	Na₂Si₂₂O₄₁(OH)₈·6H₂O	1	244547	8
Kogarkoite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)F	1	244547	14
Kupletskite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaMn²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	1	244547	33
Lorenzenite ()*	None	Na₂Ti₂O₃(Si₂O₆)	1	244547	82
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	244547	14899
Manganoneptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiMn²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	1	244547	26
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	244547	4924
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	244547	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	244547	884
Neptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiFe²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	1	244547	49
Normandite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₂(Mn,Fe)₂(Ti,Nb,Zr)₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₂F₂	1	244547	10
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	244547	2994
Paranatrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	244547	19
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	244547	363
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	1	244547	89
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	244547	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	244547	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	244547	61156
Rasvumite ()*	Cubanite	KFe₂S₃	1	244547	19
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	244547	1711
Rosenbuschite ()*	None	Ca₆Zr₂Na₆ZrTi(Si₂O₇)₄(OF)₂F₄	1	244547	42
Searlesite ()*	None	NaBSi₂O₅(OH)₂	1	244547	34
Serandite ()*	Pectolite	NaMn²⁺₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	244547	38
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	244547	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	244547	21482
Thermonatrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·H₂O	1	244547	64
Thorbastnäsite ()*	Bastnäsite	ThCa(CO₃)₂F₂·3H₂O	1	244547	14
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	244547	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	244547	4899
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	1	244547	129
Villiaumite ()*	Rocksalt	NaF	1	244547	31

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-90	Point Of Rocks Quarry, Point Of Rocks Mesa (Pecks Mesa), Springer, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-76-to-fkm-100/#FKM-90

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