Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pyramid District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg District, Pyramid Mts, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 35160
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35160.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pyramid District, Lordsburg, Lordsburg District, Pyramid Mts, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Campbell Mine
Fluorite Group Prospect (Kneyer Prospect)
Last Chance Mine
Leitendorf Mine (Venus Mine; Viola Mine)
Lone Star Prospect
Nellie Bly Mine
Robert E Lee Mine
Silver Bell
Susie Mine

Latitude: 32°11'4"N
Longitude: 108°42'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.184444444444,-108.71416666667

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Digenite	Fluorite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Digenite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Ba C Ca Cu Fe Mg Mn O S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Digenite Fluorite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	245535	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	245537,245538	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	245533,245537	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	245535,245537,245538	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	245534,245535	1382
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	0		1027
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	245532,245533,245536	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	245535,245537	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	245540	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	245533,245537	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	0		1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	245535	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	245537	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	0		586

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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