Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Derry District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 21702
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21702.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Derry District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Alvarez Prospect
Bowman Claim
Esperanza Prospect
Gar-Spar Prospect (Valarde Claims?)
Holt Claim
Jones-Reiland Prospect
Lorraine Prospects
Lyda-K Mine
Manganese Hill Prospect
Mary Jane Prospect
Nakaye Mine (Alamo Mine)
Red Cloud Prospect
Red Hills
Red Star Prospect
Section 29 Prospect
Velarde Prospect

Latitude: 32°48'15"N
Longitude: 107°16'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.804166666667,-107.26777777778

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	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite
Linarite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel
Zircon

Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kasolite ()*
Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Spinel ()*	Stolzite ()*	Thorite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si Th Ti U V W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Fe Mn O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite
Linarite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spinel
Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	246976	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0		2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	246966,246974,246976	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	246970,246974,246976	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	14	246964,246965,246966,246967,246968,246970,246971,246973,246974,246975,246976,246977,246978,246979	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	246971	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	246976	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	246976	14640
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	1	246976	198
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	246971	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	246976	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	246976	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	246976	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	246976	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	246967,246971,246976,246977	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	246976	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	246974	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	246971	5186
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	246976	1934
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	1	246976	156
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	246976	1006
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	246976	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	246976	890
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	246976	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	246971	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	246976	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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