Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Taylor Creek District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33034
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33034.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taylor Creek District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Adobe Ranch
Beaverhead
Juniper Locality
Kemp Mesa
Nugget Gulch
Sawmill Creek
Squaw Creek Mine

Latitude: 33°27'40"N
Longitude: 108°1'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.461111111111,-108.01916666667

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Beryl	Bixbyite	Calcite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore
Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Monazite	Mordenite	None	Pseudobrookite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel
Stilbite	Titanite	Topaz	Tridymite	Zircon

Beryl ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bixbyite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Durangite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gasparite-(Ce) ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hidalgoite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maxwellite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Opal ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*
Stellerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tridymite ()*
Tripuhyite ()*

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: Al As Ba Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Ce Fe H O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Beryl Bixbyite Calcite Clay Coronadite Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore
Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Monazite Mordenite None Pseudobrookite Quartz Rutile Spinel
Stilbite Titanite Topaz Tridymite Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	244280	4286
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	244280	413
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	2	244275,244280	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	244278	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5	244275,244276,244278,244280,244281	5171
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	0		94
Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(AsO₄)	1	244281	46
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	3	244276,244278,244280	453
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	244280	599
Durangite ()*	Titanite	NaAl(AsO₄)F	1	244280	6
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	244276,244280	9617
Gasparite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(AsO₄)	1	244281	23
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	244281	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	244274,244275,244276,244278,244280,244281	14640
Hidalgoite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)₆	1	244280	57
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	244275	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	244276,244280	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Maxwellite ()*	Titanite	NaFe³⁺(AsO₄)F	1	244281	3
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	244281	405
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	3	244276,244278,244280	2994
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	2	244280,244281	164
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	244276,244278,244280,244281	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	244280,244281	598
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	244281	189
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	244280	433
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2	244278,244280	1476
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	2	244280,244281	458
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	244281	66

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070368	Squaw Creek Mine, Taylor Creek District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA	https://rruff.info/R070368
R060955	Squaw Creek Mine, Taylor Creek District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA	https://rruff.info/R060955

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