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Locality Name:
Lone Pine Hill Area, Wilcox District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 54583
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54583.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lone Pine Hill Area, Wilcox District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Gold Telluride Prospect
Lone Pine Mine
Lower New Eureka Mine
Regal Prospect
Upper New Eureka Prospect
Yellow Peril Prospect (Stirrup Prospect)

Latitude: 33°13'40"N
Longitude: 108°44'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.227777777778,-108.73361111111

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 Au Bi Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mg O P S Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAubertiteCopperFluoriteGypsumKhademiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RutileTetradymite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunogen  (*)Anatase  (*)Emmonsite  (*)Florencite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Khademite  (*)Lannonite  (*)Mackayite  (*)
Paratellurite  (*)Poughite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rajite  (*)
Tellurite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Wilcoxite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O1244330272
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212443262162
Emmonsite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)3·2H2O124432634
Florencite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeAl3(PO4)2(OH)6124432673
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23244326,244327,2443289617
Gold  (*)CopperAu124432630554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12443266890
Khademite  (*)KhademiteAl(SO4)F·5H2O124432615
Lannonite  (*)NoneHCa4Mg2Al4(SO4)8F9·32H2O0012443262
Mackayite  (*)NoneFe3+Te4+2O5(OH)124432612
Paratellurite  (*)RutileTeO2124432620
Poughite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)·3H2O124432612
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124432639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24244325,244327,244328,24432961156
Rajite  (*)NoneCuTe4+2O512443262
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO2124432652
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe1244326190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te31244326276
Wilcoxite  (*)AubertiteMgAl(SO4)2F·17H2O124432611



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