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Locality Name:
San Simon District, Peloncillo Mts, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33112
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33112.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Simon District, Peloncillo Mts, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico, USA": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Blue Hill Prospect
Buck Deer Prospect
Charles Mine
Copper Queen Claim
Crystal Mine
Duke Mine
Granite Gap
Happy Promise No. 2 Adit
Kimball
Lizzie Paul Mine
McGhee Peak
North Star Mine
Purple Star Prospect
Red Snake Mine
Scheelite Mine
Silver Bell Mine
Silver King Mine
Stella Maris No. 1 Mine
Sunrise Mine (Hilltop Group)
Ward Mine (Baker-Standard Tungsten Mine)

Latitude: 32°8'51"N
Longitude: 108°58'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.1475,-108.97666666667

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	Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic
Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Carminite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Fornacite	Garnet	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Kobellite	Lillianite	Malachite	Mica	Mixite	Murdochite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	Wollastonite

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 As Au Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te V W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic
Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Carminite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Fornacite Garnet Gypsum
Kaolinite Kobellite Lillianite Malachite Mica Mixite Murdochite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Phenakite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Turquoise Wollastonite

77 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Adamite ()*	Agardite-(Y) ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenogoyazite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aschamalmite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Austinite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Carminite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Descloizite ()*
Diopside ()*	Duftite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fornacite ()*
Fraipontite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Matildite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mixite ()*	Mottramite ()*
Murdochite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nuffieldite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rosasite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Timroseite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Yakhontovite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	0		2793
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	3	245503,245504,245505	254
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	4	245504,245505,245506,245507	90
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	245501,245526	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	245503	2734
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	245503	194
Arsenogoyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	245504	21
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	245503	9052
Aschamalmite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_6-3xBi_2+xS₉	1	245503	16
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	5	245503,245504,245506,245507,245510	919
Austinite ()*	Adelite	CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)	3	245503,245504,245505	71
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	245503,245515	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	245503	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	245503,245504	413
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	245503	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	245515,245524	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	245503	1633
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	4	245504,245505,245507,245517	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	245500,245503,245504,245506,245507,245515,245526	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	245504	359
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	2	245504,245505	178
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	5	245503,245504,245505,245507,245514	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	245503,245511	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	245499,245501,245502,245503,245515,245516,245524	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	245503	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	5	245500,245503,245504,245507,245511	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	4	245503,245504,245505,245507	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	245503	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	245503	4165
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	245504	378
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	245503	220
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	245501,245503	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	245504,245519	9617
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	1	245504	85
Fraipontite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Zn,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	3	245504,245507,245510	49
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	12	245499,245501,245502,245503,245510,245513,245514,245515,245516,245517,245524,245525	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	245503	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	245517	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	245503,245507	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	245503	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	5	245503,245504,245505,245506,245507	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	245504,245507	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	245503	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	245501	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	245503,245504,245505,245507,245510,245515	12537
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	245503	252
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	4	245503,245504,245505,245507	1107
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	245503	168
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	2	245507,245510	362
Murdochite ()*	Murdochite	Cu₁₂Pb₂O₁₅Cl₂	2	245504,245507	34
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Nuffieldite ()*	Kobellite	Cu_1.4Pb_2.4Bi_2.4Sb_0.2S₇	1	245503	32
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	245504	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	245500	2994
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	245503	2273
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	3	245504,245505,245507	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	245503,245511	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	245503	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	245500,245503,245526	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	245503,245504,245506,245507	454
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	5	245498,245503,245521,245525,245526	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	245503	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	245503,245510	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	245501,245502,245503,245513,245514,245516	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	0		3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	0		1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	245503	5317
Timroseite ()*	Not in a structural group	Pb₂Cu₅(TeO₆)₂(OH)₂	2	245503,245506	8
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	245526	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	245503	484
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	2	245507,245510	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	2	245504,245507	303
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0		1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	4	245504,245505,245507,245510	1655
Yakhontovite ()*	Smectite-vermiculite Clay	(Ca,Na,K)_0.2(Cu,Fe,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·3H₂O	1	245503	5

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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