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Locality Name:
Placitas District, Sandoval Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33139
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33139.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Placitas District, Sandoval Co., New Mexico, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Capulin Peak Prospect
Capulin Prospect
Diamond Tail Mine
Landsend Deposit
Las Huertas Mine
Mimi No. 4 Claim
Montezuma Mine
We Hope Claim

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Sulphur	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Coffinite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Selenium ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*
Tenorite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Se Si Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Sulphur Tourmaline Zircon

34 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)	0		8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	246694	2734
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		718
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	246699,246701	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	246695	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	246694,246697,246698,246700	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	246696	566
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	0		944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	246694,246700	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	246700	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	246695	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	1	246701	143
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	0		1101
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	246696	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	246696	890
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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