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Locality Name:
Malone District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33100
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33100.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malone District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Barranca Mine
Hillcrest Mine (Young Man Mine)
Knight Peak Prospect
Malone Mine
Patanka Mine (Gold Coin Mine)

Latitude: 32°32'35"N
Longitude: 108°31'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.543055555556,-108.52583333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Al Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFluoriteKaoliniteMica
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124522927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124523127198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212452299617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124523124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3245228,245230,24523130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124523114640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412452315591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124523117380
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23245228,245230,24523139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23245228,245230,24523161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124523121482


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