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Locality Name:
Tijeras Canyon District, Bernalillo Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 16158
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16158.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tijeras Canyon District, Bernalillo Co., New Mexico, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Coyote Canyon
Coyote Springs
Highland Mary Mine (Frustration Mine)
Little Daisy Mine
Longfellow Mine
Mary M Group (Great Combination Group)
Octaroon Mine
P & G Deposit
Tijeras
Unnamed Prospect
Whitcomb's Spring
York Mine

Latitude: 35°2'10"N
Longitude: 106°25'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.036111111111,-106.42694444444

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	Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Descloizite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Titanite ()*	Witherite ()*
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 Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si Sr Ti V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Ti V Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Descloizite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Zircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	244195	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	244190,244193	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0		1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0		1036
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	244190,244193,244197,244198	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	244190,244200	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	244190	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	244195	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	244193,244196,244202	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	244195	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	244190,244193,244197,244200	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	244190,244193,244197	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	244196,244202	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	244201	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	244190,244202	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	244190,244193,244197	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	0		362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	244196,244202	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	244200	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	244190,244196,244197,244202	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	244190,244196,244202	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	244199	589
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	0		251
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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