Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hornet Mine, Eureka District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 31892
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31892.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hornet Mine, Eureka District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°53'52"N
Longitude: 108°25'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.897777777778,-108.42416666667

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Brackebuschite	Calcite	Copper	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Brackebuschite Calcite Copper Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt
Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenbrackebuschite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenbrackebuschite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂(Fe³⁺,Zn)(AsO₄)₂(OH,H₂O)	24
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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