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:
South Mountain, Santa Fe Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 54495
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54495.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Mountain, Santa Fe Co., New Mexico, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Fuzzy Jim Claim
Unnamed Prospect (1)
Unnamed Prospect (2)
Unnamed Prospects

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Diaspore None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	246860	2734
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	246860	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	246860	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	246860	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	246860	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	246859,246861	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	246859,246861	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	246858,246859	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	246860	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	246860	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	246860	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	246858	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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