New Mexico, USA

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New Mexico covers a wide variety of geologic terranes. The eastern third of the state is high plains, with significant oil and gas fields in the southeastern portion of the state. The Rio Grande River runs north south through the middle of the state in the Rio Grande Rift Valley. The northern third of the rift is bounded on the east and west by the Southern Rocky Mountains. The western third of the state is divided into a northern half of the Colorado Plateau, the Mogollon-Datil volcanic field and in the southwest the Basin and Range province.

The state has been an important producer of copper, uranium, potash and molybdenum, with significant production of lead, zinc, gold and silver.

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Acanthite Actinolite Adamite Aegirine Aenigmatite 'Aeschynite' 'Agardite' Agardite-(La) Agardite-(Y) Akaganeite Alabandite Albite var: Andesine var: Cleavelandite var: Oligoclase 'Albite-Anorthite Series' 'Allanite' Allanite-(Ce) Allophane Almandine Altaite 'Alum Group' Aluminite Alunite Alunogen Amarantite Amblygonite Amphibole Supergroup var: Uralite Analcime Anatase 'Ancylite' Andalusite var: Viridine Andersonite Andradite 'Andradite-Grossular Series' Anglesite var: Barytoanglesite Anhydrite Ankerite Annabergite Anorthite var: Bytownite var: Labradorite Anorthoclase Anthophyllite Antigorite Antlerite Apachite 'Apatite' Aphthitalite Apjohnite 'Apophyllite' Apophyllite-(KF) Aragonite Arcanite Arfvedsonite Argentojarosite Arsenbrackebuschite Arsenic Arsenogoyazite Arsenopyrite Arsentsumebite Aschamalmite Atacamite Augite Aurichalcite Austinite var: Cuprian Austinite Autunite 'Axinite Group' Azurite Barnesite Baryte Barytocalcite Bassanite Bassetite 'Bastnäsite' Bastnäsite-(Ce) Bayleyite Beaverite-(Cu) Becquerelite Beidellite 'Bentonite' Beraunite Bertrandite Beryl var: Aquamarine var: Red Beryl β-Uranophane Betekhtinite Beudantite Beusite Beyerite 'Biotite' Bischofite Bismite Bismuth Bismuthinite Bismutite Bismutotantalite Bityite Bixbyite 'Blanchardite' Blödite Borax Bornite Bournonite Brannerite Braunite Brenkite Brindleyite Brochantite Brockite Bromargyrite Brookite Brucite Burkeite Bustamite Butlerite Cacoxenite 'Calamine' Calaverite Calcite var: Iceland Spar var: Manganoan Calcite var: Travertine Caledonite Cancrinite Cannizzarite 'Carbonite (of Heinrich)' Carminite Carnallite Carnotite Cassiterite var: Wood Tin Catapleiite Celadonite Celestine var: Barian Celestine var: Calciocelestine Cerianite-(Ce) Cerussite 'Chabazite' Chalcanthite Chalcocite var: Ducktownite Chalcophanite Chalcopyrite Chalcosiderite Chamosite var: Thuringite Chernikovite 'Chernovite-(Ce)' Chernovite-(Y) 'Chert' 'Chevkinite' Chevkinite-(Ce) Chlorargyrite var: Bromian Chlorargyrite 'Chlorite Group' Chloritoid Chondrodite Chromite Chrysoberyl var: Alexandrite Chrysocolla Chrysotile Cinnabar Clausthalite 'Clay' Clinochlore var: Pennine Clinoclase Clinoenstatite Clinohumite var: Titanclinohumite 'Clinoptilolite' 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' Clinozoisite 'Coal var: Jet' Cobaltite Coffinite 'Columbite' Columbite-(Fe) Columbite-(Mn) 'Columbite-Tantalite' Colusite Conichalcite Copiapite Copper 'Copper Stain' Cordierite Corkite Cornetite Cornubite Cornwallite Coronadite Corundum

Corundum var: Sapphire Corvusite Cosalite Covellite Crandallite Creaseyite Crednerite Creedite Cristobalite Cryolite Cryptomelane Cubanite Cummingtonite Cuprite var: Chalcotrichite Cuproroméite Cuprosklodowskite Cuprotungstite Curite Cyanotrichite Danalite Darapskite Delafossite Descloizite var: Cuprian Descloizite Diamond Diaspore Dickite Digenite Diopside var: Chromian Diopside Dioptase Djurleite Dolomite Doloresite Domeykite Dravite Dufrénite Duftite Dumortierite Dundasite 'Dunhamite' Durangite Elbaite Elpidite 'Elsmoreite Group var: Jixianite' Emmonsite Emplectite Enargite 'Endellite' Enstatite Epididymite Epidote Epsomite 'Erionite' Erythrite Erythrosiderite Euclase Eucryptite Eudialyte Euxenite-(Y) Fayalite 'Feldspar Group' Ferberite 'Fergusonite' Ferrimolybdite Ferro-ferri-fluoro-leakeite (TL) Ferro-hornblende Ferro-katophorite Ferroselite Fibroferrite Fluorapatite var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite var: Mn-bearing Fluorapatite Fluorite var: Yttrofluorite 'Fluoro-katophorite' Foitite Fornacite Forsterite var: Peridot Fraipontite Freibergite Friedrichite 'Gadolinite' Gahnite Gaidonnayite Galena var: Argentiferous Galena Galenobismutite Galileiite (TL) 'Garnet' Gasparite-(Ce) Geerite Gehlenite 'Geode' Georgechaoite (TL) Gersdorffite Gibbsite Gittinsite Glauberite Glaucodot Glauconite Goethite Gold Goldmanite (TL) Gonnardite Gonyerite Goslarite Graftonite Grantsite (TL) Graphite Greenockite Greigite Grossular Groutite 'Gummite' Gypsum var: Alabaster var: Selenite Häggite Halite 'Halloysite' Halotrichite Hammarite Harmotome Hastingsite Hausmannite Haüyne Hawleyite Hedenbergite Helvine Hematite var: Martite var: Specularite Hemimorphite Hendersonite (TL) Hercynite Hessite Hetaerolite 'Heulandite' Hewettite Hexahydrite Hidalgoite Hinsdalite Hollandite Holmquistite 'Hornblende' Hübnerite Humite Huntite Hydrobasaluminite 'Hydrogrossular' Hydromagnesite Hydroniumjarosite 'Hydrophilite' Hydrozincite 'Hypersthene' Ice Idaite 'Iddingsite' Illite Ilmenite 'Ilsemannite' Ilvaite Iodargyrite Iranite Iridium var: Platiniridium Iron var: Kamacite Jalpaite Jarosite Johannite Johannsenite Johnsomervilleite Jordisite Kainite Kaolinite Kentbrooksite Kentrolite Kenyaite Kettnerite 'K Feldspar' 'var: Adularia' Khademite Kieserite Kirschsteinite Kogarkoite Kolfanite Ktenasite Kupletskite Kyanite Langbeinite Langite Lannonite (TL) Laumontite Laurionite Lazulite Lead 'Lechatelierite'

Lemoynite Leonite Lepidocrocite Lepidolite 'Lepidomelane' Leucite Leucophosphite 'Leucoxene' 'Lévyne' Libethenite Liebigite 'Limonite' Linarite Lithiophilite Lithiophorite Löllingite Lonsdaleite Lorenzenite Lovozerite Löweite Ludlamite Lüneburgite Mackayite Maghemite Magnesiocopiapite Magnesioferrite Magnesio-hornblende Magnesite Magnetite Majorite Malachite Mallardite 'Manganese Oxides' 'var: Manganese Dendrites' Manganite Manganoneptunite Manganosite Marcasite Marialite 'Maskelynite' Massicot Matildite Maxwellite (TL) Mckinstryite Meionite Melanotekite Melanterite Mendozite Merwinite Mesolite Meta-autunite Metahewettite Metarossite Metatorbernite Metatyuyamunite (TL) Meurigite-K (TL) 'Mica Group' Microcline var: Amazonite Microlite Group Millerite Mimetite Minium Mirabilite Miserite Mixite Molybdenite Molybdite Molybdofornacite 'Monazite' Monazite-(Ce) Monohydrocalcite 'Montanite' Montebrasite Monticellite Montmorillonite Montroseite 'Moonstone' Mordenite Mosandrite Mottramite 'Mountain Leather' Murdochite Muscovite var: Fuchsite var: Lithian Muscovite var: Sericite Nacrite Nagyágite Nantokite Narsarsukite Natroalunite Natrojarosite Natrolite Natrozippeite Neotocite Nepheline Népouite Neptunite Nickeline Nickelskutterudite Nimite Niter Nitratine Nitrocalcite Nontronite Nordstrandite Nosean Nováčekite-I Nuffieldite 'Obsidian' 'var: Mahogany Obsidian' Offretite Okenite Olivenite 'Olivine' Opal var: Fiorite var: Moss Opal var: Opal-AN var: Precious Opal var: Wood Opal Ordoñezite Orthoclase Otavite Ottrélite Oxyplumboroméite Palygorskite Parabutlerite Paragonite Parakeldyshite Paramontroseite Paranatrolite Paraschoepite Paratellurite Pargasite 'Parisite' Pascoite Pearceite Pectolite Pentlandite Periclase 'Perthite' 'var: Cryptoperthite' Petalite Petarasite 'Petrified Wood' Petzite Phenakite 'Phillipsite' Phlogopite Phosgenite Phosphofibrite Phosphorrösslerite Phosphuranylite Pickeringite Picromerite Piemontite Pigeonite Pilsenite Plancheite Plattnerite Plumbogummite Plumbojarosite (TL) Polybasite Polyhalite Polylithionite Poughite Powellite Prehnite Prosopite Proustite Pseudobrookite Pseudomalachite 'Psilomelane' Pucherite Pyrargyrite Pyrite var: Cupriferous Pyrite Pyrochlore Group 'Pyrochlore Supergroup var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977)' Pyrolusite Pyromorphite Pyrope Pyrophanite Pyrophyllite Pyrostilpnite 'Pyroxene Group' Pyroxmangite Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Agate var: Agate-Jasper var: Amethyst var: Brecciated Agate var: Carnelian var: Chalcedony var: Citrine var: Dendritic Agate var: Fire Agate

Quartz var: Fortification Agate var: Herradura Diamonds var: Iris Agate var: Jasper var: Moss Agate var: Plume Agate var: Rock Crystal var: Sard var: Smoky Quartz Rabejacite Rajite (TL) Rammelsbergite Ramsdellite (TL) Ranciéite Rasvumite 'Rauvite' Realgar Reedmergnerite Rhodochrosite Rhodonite var: Fowlerite Rickardite Riebeckite Ringwoodite Romanèchite 'Roméite Group var: Stibiconite' Rosasite Roscoelite Rosenbuschite Rossite Rutherfordine Rutile var: Niobian Rutile Sabugalite Safflorite Saléeite Samarskite-(Y) Sanidine Santafeite (TL) Saponite Sarcopside 'Scapolite' Scheelite Schoepite Schorl Schröckingerite Scolecite Scorodite Scrutinyite (TL) Searlesite Selenium Sepiolite Sérandite 'Serpentine Group' 'var: Ricolite' Serpierite Shattuckite Sherwoodite Siderite var: Manganoan Siderite Siderotil Siegenite Sillimanite Silver Sincosite Sklodowskite Skutterudite var: Smaltite 'Smectite Group' Smithsonite Sodalite Soddyite Spangolite Sperrylite Spessartine Sphalerite Spinel Spodumene Spurrite Stannite Staurolite Stellerite Stephanite Sternbergite 'Stevensite' Stibnite 'Stilbite' Stishovite Stolzite Strengite Stromeyerite Strontianite Sulphur Svanbergite Sylvanite Sylvite Syngenite Tachyhydrite Taenite Talc var: Steatite Tangeite 'Tantalite' Tantalite-(Mn) Tellurite Tellurium Tellurobismuthite (TL) Tennantite Tenorite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite 'Tetranatrolite' Tetrataenite Thaumasite Thenardite Thermonatrite 'Thomsonite' Thomsonite-Ca Thorbastnäsite Thorite var: Uranothorite Thorogummite 'Thunder Egg' Tilasite Tilleyite Timroseite Titanite Todorokite Topaz Torbernite 'Tourmaline' Treasurite Tremolite Tridymite 'Trinitite' Tripuhyite Troilite Trona Tschermigite Tsumebite Tsumoite 'Tundrite' Tungstite Turquoise Tyuyamunite Umohoite 'Unnamed (CuSb2O6)' Uraninite var: Pitchblende Uranophane Uranopilite 'Uranpyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)' Uvarovite 'Uvite' Valleriite Vanadinite var: Arsenatian Vanadinite Vanthoffite Variscite Vaterite Vermiculite Vesuvianite var: Cyprine Vikingite Villiaumite Vivianite Volborthite Voltaite 'Wad' Wakefieldite-(Y) Wavellite Weeksite Weissite Wilcoxite (TL) Willemite Witherite Wittichenite 'Wolframite' Wollastonite Woodhouseite Wulfenite Wurtzite Xanthoconite 'Xenotime' Xenotime-(Y) Yakhontovite Yarrowite Yttrotantalite-(Y) Zellerite Zeolite Group Zincite Zincmelanterite 'Zinkosite' Zippeite Zircon var: Cyrtolite Zirkelite Zoisite var: Thulite

842 entries listed. 627 valid minerals. 17 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

USA New Mexico Bernalillo Co. Catron Co. Chaves Co. Cibola Co. Colfax Co. Curry Co. De Baca Co. Doña Ana Co. Eddy and Lea Counties Carlsbad Potash District Eddy Co. Grant Co. Guadalupe Co. Harding Co. Hidalgo Co. Lea Co. Lincoln Co. Los Alamos Co.

USA New Mexico Luna Co. McKinley Co. Mora Co. Otero Co. Quay Co. Rio Arriba Co. Roosevelt Co. San Juan Co. San Miguel Co. Sandoval Co. Santa Fe Co. Sierra Co. Socorro Co. Taos Co. Torrance Co. Union Co. Valencia Co.

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