Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Curry Co., New Mexico, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50907
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50907.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Curry Co., New Mexico, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Clovis
Grady (1937) Meteorite
Melrose (A) Meteorite [Melrose (a)]

Latitude: 34°31'45"N
Longitude: 103°22'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.529166666667,-103.37944444444

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.

Corundum	Cubanite	Diamond	Iron	None	Perovskite	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 C Cr Cu Fe Mg Ni O S Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum Cubanite Diamond Iron None Perovskite Sphalerite Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Cohenite ()*	Diamond ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	244555,244556	3902
Cohenite ()*	Perovskite	CFe₃	1	244555	77
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	244555	697
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	244555	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	244555	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	244555,244556	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	2	244555,244556	191
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	244556	451
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	244555	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	244555	14899
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	244555	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	2	244555,244556	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	2	244555,244556	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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