Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lemitar Mts, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 7967
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7967.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lemitar Mts, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lemitar Carbonatites

Latitude: 34°9'0"N
Longitude: 106°54'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.15,-106.9

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Fluorite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Zircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0		2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	247325	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	247325	11547
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	0		227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	247325	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	247325	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	247325	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	247325	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	247325	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	247325	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	247325	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	247325	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	247325	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	247325	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	247325	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	247325	2273
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	0		142
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	247325	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	247325	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	247325	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0		4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	247325	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	247325	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	0		1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	247325	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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