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Locality Name:
Tecolote District, San Miguel Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 21967
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21967.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tecolote District, San Miguel Co., New Mexico, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Blake Mine
Bonanza Mine
Burro Hill
Guy-Stern Deposit
Johnny Jones Group
Mineral Hill
Mora Range
Old Priest Mine
Romero Mine
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 35°33'8"N
Longitude: 105°24'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.552222222222,-105.41166666667

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.

Analcime	Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copiapite	Copper
Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Analcime ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pickeringite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Spodumene ()*	Uraninite ()*	Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*
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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na Nb O S Si Ta Th Ti U W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba Bi C Ca Fe H Li Mg Mo Na Nb O S Si Ta U Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Baryte Beryl Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copiapite Copper
Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite Spinel Stibnite Tourmaline 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	246613	8803
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	0		272
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	0		1627
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	246609,246614,246620	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	246618	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	0		1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	246613	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	246609,246620	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	246610	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5	246609,246610,246612,246617,246620	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	246609,246617,246620	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	0		382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	246618	414
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	246619	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	246619	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	246615	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	MgFe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	0		54
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	246609,246610,246612,246617	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	246613	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	246613,246615,246618	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	246619	2349
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	0		265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	246609,246617,246620	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	246613	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	246618	353
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	246619	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	246618	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	0		688
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	0		2718
Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	(Y,U,Fe²⁺)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)₄	0		51
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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