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


mindat Locality ID: 59272
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59272.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Little Dry Creek Area, Wilcox District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Copper Glance Prospect
Gold Bar No. 1 Claim
Good Hope Claim
Maverick Claim
May Apple Prospect
Reward Claim

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212443135509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2244316,24431727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22244315,24431627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12443133531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23244313,244314,2443189617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124431814640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124431312537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23244315,244316,24431839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23244313,244314,24431561156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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