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Locality Name:
Torpedo Mine, Organ District, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 6754
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6754.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Torpedo Mine, Organ District, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°25'32"N
Longitude: 106°35'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.425555555556,-106.59388888889
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 C Ca Cu Fe H O P S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cu Fe H O P S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperGypsumKaoliniteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzTurquoise

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O0484


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