Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Iron Mountain No. 2 District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 7975
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7975.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iron Mountain No. 2 District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Black Bed Deposit
Black Knife Group
Brown Body
Confidence Group
Covington Group
Dictator Group
Discovery Gulch
Goat Canyon Area
Jackpot No. 2 Body
Lucky Strike - Tungsten Reef
Parker Strike
Rifle Shot Group
Scheelemite Mine
Scheelite Gem Mine
Sierra Cuchillo
South Peak - Backslope
Tin Deposits
West Contact Group

Latitude: 33°27'59"N
Longitude: 107°38'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.466388888889,-107.63777777778

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Descloizite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Tungstite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

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 Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn U V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Be Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si U W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Descloizite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Ramsdellite Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Tungstite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

66 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cuprosklodowskite ()*
Danalite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Ottrélite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Powellite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramsdellite ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stolzite ()*	Tilleyite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Tungstite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	247069,247078	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	247068,247076	2734
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0		1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	247068,247071	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	247081	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	0		1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	247068,247071	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	247086	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	5	247068,247070,247072,247076,247087	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	247071	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	247071,247080	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	0		577
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	247068	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	247070	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	247073,247079	1025
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	247071	2970
Cuprosklodowskite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	0		58
Danalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	0		58
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	5	247067,247075,247078,247079,247081	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	247071	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	247081	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	247068,247071,247075,247081	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	247068,247071,247072,247087	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	247081	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	0		741
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	4	247074,247075,247077,247081	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	247070,247081,247086	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		1689
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	8	247067,247069,247070,247075,247078,247081,247082,247085	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	247068,247070,247071	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	0		770
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	1	247082	140
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	247068	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Ottrélite ()*	Chloritoid	Mn²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	0		59
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		260
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	5	247067,247078,247081,247084,247085	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	247068	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	247081	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	247068,247081,247086	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂	1	247068	88
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	247081	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	247081	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	6	247067,247078,247079,247081,247082,247085	4894
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	247068,247076,247087	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	247068,247071,247072,247087	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	0		156
Tilleyite ()*	None	Ca₅Si₂O₇(CO₃)₂	0		19
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	2	247081,247082	118
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	247075,247081	1395
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	3	247076,247081,247082	303
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0		1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	247076	1655
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	247073	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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