Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Big Dry Creek Area, Wilcox District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 53880
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53880.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Dry Creek Area, Wilcox District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Deer Trail Adit
Gold Bar No. 3 Claim
Hardscrabble Claim
Independence Claim
Mountain View Claim
Silver Drip Tunnel
True Blue Claim (Copper-Gold Group)
Uncle John Mine (Lead Bullion; Gimey; Complex)
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 33°15'59"N
Longitude: 108°44'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.266388888889,-108.73361111111

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

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: Au C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	244290	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	244286	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	244284,244286,244290,244291	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	244286,244288,244289,244292	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	244284,244285,244286,244291	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	244292	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	244290	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	244284,244287,244290	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	244284,244286,244287,244289,244290,244291,244292	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	244284,244286	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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