Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cookes Peak District, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 7996
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7996.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cookes Peak District, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Alum Cave
Contention Group
Desdemona Mine
El Paso Mine
Inez Mine
Jackson Tunnel
Jose District
Lead King
Little Flat Mine
Lookout Prospect
Monte Cristo Mine
Montezuma Mine
Old Hadley Mining District (Graphic Mining District)
Othello Mine
Poe Group
Section 27 Prospect
Silver Cave
Summit Group (Poe Mines)
Surprise Mine
White Oaks

Latitude: 32°33'22"N
Longitude: 107°43'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.556111111111,-107.72222222222

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Descloizite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Fornacite
Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Murdochite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Plancheite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite

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 Br C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo N Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Fe H K Mg N Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Descloizite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Fornacite
Gypsum Malachite Mica Murdochite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Plancheite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite

63 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*
Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*	Creaseyite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Fornacite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Ilsemannite ()*	Jordisite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Mimetite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Murdochite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrojarosite ()*	Nitratine ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Plancheite ()*	Plattnerite ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Powellite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Shattuckite ()*	Sidwillite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	245861,245864,245866	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	245865	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	245850	272
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	245876	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	245865	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	245865,245866,245867	11547
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1	245866	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	245856,245859,245876	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	245865	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	245861,245864	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	245865,245866,245867	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	245866	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	245867	3846
Creaseyite ()*	None	Cu₂Pb₂Fe³⁺₂Si₅O₁₇·6H₂O	1	245866	27
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	245865,245867	2970
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	1	245866	164
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	245862,245874,245876,245877	9617
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	1	245866	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	245857,245859,245865,245876,245877	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		1689
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	1	245876	123
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂	1	245876	102
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	245865	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	245866	1107
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	1	245876	140
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	245866	362
Murdochite ()*	Murdochite	Cu₁₂Pb₂O₁₅Cl₂	1	245866	34
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	245865	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		254
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	0		91
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1	245866	74
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	0		158
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		477
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	245866	494
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	0		733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	245857,245859,245865,245876	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	245859,245865,245866,245876	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		598
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂	1	245866	71
Sidwillite ()*	None	MoO₃·2H₂O	1	245876	3
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	245859,245876	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	245857,245859,245865,245873,245876	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	0		586
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2	245865,245867	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	3	245859,245866,245871	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	0		303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	245866,245877	1655
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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