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Locality Name:
Granite Gap, San Simon District, Peloncillo Mts, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 6719
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6719.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Granite Gap, San Simon District, Peloncillo Mts, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bob Montgomery Claim Group
Bob Montgomery Mine
Vesley Mine
World's Fair Claim Group

Latitude: 32°4'39"N
Longitude: 108°58'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.0775,-108.97916666667

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: Ag Al As Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te V W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteBaryte
BrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteCarminiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovellite
DescloiziteDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteFornaciteGypsumKobelliteLillianiteMalachiteMica
MixiteMurdochiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteTetrahedriteTurquoise

64 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenogoyazite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Aschamalmite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Austinite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Duftite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Fornacite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Matildite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Murdochite  (*)
Nuffieldite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Timroseite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Yakhontovite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)2245504,245505254
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O4245504,245505,245506,24550790
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O0194
Arsenogoyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6124550421
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Aschamalmite  (*)LillianitePb6-3xBi2+xS9016
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)63245504,245506,245507919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)2245504,24550571
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61245504413
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr3245504,245505,245507227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3245504,245506,24550727770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61245504359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)22245504,245505178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3245504,245505,2455074979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2245504,2455073531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)3245504,245505,245507363
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1245504378
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)0220
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212455049617
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)124550485
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)42245504,24550749
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12455076890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O4245504,245505,245506,2455071689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62245504,2455071066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23245504,245505,24550712537
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS20252
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl3245504,245505,2455071107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O0168
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)1245507362
Murdochite  (*)MurdochiteCu12Pb2O15Cl22245504,24550734
Nuffieldite  (*)KobelliteCu1.4Pb2.4Bi2.4Sb0.2S7032
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1245504492
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO23245504,245505,245507158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)23245504,245506,245507454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Timroseite  (*)Not in a structural groupPb2Cu5(TeO6)2(OH)212455068
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O0484
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1245507605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO42245504,245507303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43245504,245505,2455071655
Yakhontovite  (*)Smectite-vermiculite Clay(Ca,Na,K)0.2(Cu,Fe,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·3H2O05



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