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Locality Name:
Santa Fe District, Santa Fe Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33144
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33144.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Fe District, Santa Fe Co., New Mexico, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Dalton Creek
Kingdom-Moya No. 1 Mine
Macho Creek
Mikado Area
Penacho Peak
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 As Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Cu H Mn Mo Nb O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteColumbiteCopperMolybdeniteNickelineNoneQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs0379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2246843,2468489052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124684927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O60289
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124685124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812468499056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12468434894
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O1246854128
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2246849,24685121482


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