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Coal Creek, Big Lue Mountains, Grant County, New Mexico, USAi
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Coal CreekCreek
Big Lue MountainsMountain Range
Grant CountyCounty
New MexicoState
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 5' 5'' North , 109° 2' 40'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
33.08493,-109.04463
GeoHash:
G#: 9tfknwujs
GRN:
N23W65
Type:
Creek
KΓΆppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Clifton3,685 (2017)23.7km
York557 (2011)25.9km
Pleasanton106 (2011)26.2km
Glenwood143 (2011)29.8km
Morenci1,489 (2011)29.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
158069
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:158069:6
GUID (UUID V4):
14228c74-a20e-47e8-b1c9-64bbd46080b1
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Cold Creek


Coal Creek originates in Arizona, flows N into New Mexico, and continues NW into Arizona in the Big Lue Mountains. The entirety of Coal Creek within New Mexico is now within the Hell Hole Wilderness Study Area. Collecting on wilderness lands is prohibited. ---- Chet Lemanski.

A number of prospects exist all along the creek. The country rock consists primarily of Tertiary volcanics (lots of rhyolite, tuff, etc.) and mineralogy is generally what you would find in most New Mexico rhyolite flows. Gibbs (1992) lists pseudobrookite, titanite, hematite, tridymite, phlogopite, and hollandite in the older rhyolites and erionite-offretite, heulandite, mesolite(?), quartz, and calcite in the younger flows. He also states that mineralogy is sparsely distributed but locally abundant. If you can access a map of New Mexico, find Mule Creek Post Office in the far west end of Grant Co. and head west from there. ---- Don Saathoff

NOTE: The geographic coordinates provided are from an arbitrary point along Coal Creek, approximately in the center of that portion of the creek in New Mexico.

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.


Mineral List


10 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

β“˜ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
β“˜ 'Erionite Subgroup'
Formula: M2[Al4Si14O36] · 15H2O
β“˜ Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
β“˜ 'Heulandite Subgroup'
Formula: (Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
β“˜ Hollandite
Formula: Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16
β“˜ Mesolite ?
Formula: Na2Ca2Si9Al6O30 · 8H2O
β“˜ Offretite
Formula: KCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 · 15H2O
β“˜ Phlogopite
Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
β“˜ Pseudobrookite
Formula: Fe2TiO5
β“˜ 'Pyroxene Group'
Formula: ADSi2O6
β“˜ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
β“˜ Titanite
Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O
β“˜ Tridymite
Formula: SiO2

Gallery:

Fe2O3β“˜ Hematite
Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16β“˜ Hollandite
KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2β“˜ Phlogopite
Fe2TiO5β“˜ Pseudobrookite
CaTi(SiO4)Oβ“˜ Titanite

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
β“˜Pseudobrookite4.CB.15Fe2TiO5
β“˜Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
β“˜Tridymite4.DA.10SiO2
β“˜Hollandite4.DK.05aBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
β“˜Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 9 - Silicates
β“˜Titanite9.AG.15CaTi(SiO4)O
β“˜Phlogopite9.EC.20KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
β“˜Mesolite ?9.GA.05Na2Ca2Si9Al6O30 Β· 8H2O
β“˜Offretite9.GD.25KCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 Β· 15H2O
Unclassified
β“˜'Erionite Subgroup'-M2[Al4Si14O36] Β· 15H2O
β“˜'Heulandite Subgroup'-(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] Β· nH2O
β“˜'Pyroxene Group'-ADSi2O6

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hβ“˜ Erionite SubgroupM2[Al4Si14O36] · 15H2O
Hβ“˜ Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Hβ“˜ MesoliteNa2Ca2Si9Al6O30 · 8H2O
Hβ“˜ OffretiteKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 · 15H2O
Hβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CCarbon
Cβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Oβ“˜ Erionite SubgroupM2[Al4Si14O36] · 15H2O
Oβ“˜ HematiteFe2O3
Oβ“˜ Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Oβ“˜ HollanditeBa(Mn64+Mn23+)O16
Oβ“˜ MesoliteNa2Ca2Si9Al6O30 · 8H2O
Oβ“˜ OffretiteKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 · 15H2O
Oβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oβ“˜ PseudobrookiteFe2TiO5
Oβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Oβ“˜ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Oβ“˜ TridymiteSiO2
Oβ“˜ Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
NaSodium
Naβ“˜ Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Naβ“˜ MesoliteNa2Ca2Si9Al6O30 · 8H2O
MgMagnesium
Mgβ“˜ OffretiteKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 · 15H2O
Mgβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Alβ“˜ Erionite SubgroupM2[Al4Si14O36] · 15H2O
Alβ“˜ Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Alβ“˜ MesoliteNa2Ca2Si9Al6O30 · 8H2O
Alβ“˜ OffretiteKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 · 15H2O
Alβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ Erionite SubgroupM2[Al4Si14O36] · 15H2O
Siβ“˜ Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Siβ“˜ MesoliteNa2Ca2Si9Al6O30 · 8H2O
Siβ“˜ OffretiteKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 · 15H2O
Siβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Siβ“˜ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Siβ“˜ TridymiteSiO2
Siβ“˜ Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
KPotassium
Kβ“˜ Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Kβ“˜ OffretiteKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 · 15H2O
Kβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Caβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Caβ“˜ Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Caβ“˜ MesoliteNa2Ca2Si9Al6O30 · 8H2O
Caβ“˜ OffretiteKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 · 15H2O
Caβ“˜ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
TiTitanium
Tiβ“˜ PseudobrookiteFe2TiO5
Tiβ“˜ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
MnManganese
Mnβ“˜ HollanditeBa(Mn64+Mn23+)O16
FeIron
Feβ“˜ HematiteFe2O3
Feβ“˜ PseudobrookiteFe2TiO5
BaBarium
Baβ“˜ HollanditeBa(Mn64+Mn23+)O16

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References

US Board on Geographic Names (n.d.) https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:27752,Coal%20Creek
Gibbs, Ronald B. (1992), Microminerals from the Big Lue Mountains, 13th Annual New Mexico Mineral Symposium, November 14-15, 1992.
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