Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bear Canyon District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 35985
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35985.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bear Canyon District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Fairview Claim
Lower Contact Deposits
Unnamed Prospect
Upper Contact Deposits

Latitude: 32°33'36"N
Longitude: 106°28'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.56,-106.47138888889

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Copper	Fluorite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite

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: Au Ba C Ca Cl F Mo O Pb S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Copper Fluorite None Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Quartz ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	244569	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	244568,244569,244570,244571,244572	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	244568,244569	4979
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	244568,244569,244572	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	244568,244569,244572	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	244569	61156
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	2	244568,244569	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	244568,244569	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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