Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Percha Creek, Hillsboro, Hillsboro District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 48832
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48832.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Percha Creek, Hillsboro, Hillsboro District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Big Chief Mine ("Kentrolite Locality")
Macy Mine (Percha Mine; Vanadinite Mine; J. C. Macy Claim; Barking Frog; Bobbee De Claim)
Trojan Mine

Latitude: 32°54'56"N
Longitude: 107°31'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.915555555556,-107.525

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Coronadite	Descloizite	Fluorite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite

Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Descloizite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Kentrolite ()*	Melanotekite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Opal ()*
Quartz ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: As C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Calcite Coronadite Descloizite Fluorite None Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	247028,247029	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	247029	4979
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	247030	599
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	247029	378
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	247029	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	247029	24243
Kentrolite ()*	None	Pb₂Mn³⁺₂O₂(Si₂O₇)	1	247028	22
Melanotekite ()*	None	Pb₂Fe³⁺₂O₂(Si₂O₇)	1	247029	22
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	247029	1107
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	247028	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	247028,247029	61156
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	2	247028,247029	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	247028,247029	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060245	Percha Creek, Hillsboro, Hillsboro District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA	https://rruff.info/R060245

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