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Magdalena, Socorro County, New Mexico, USAi
Regional Level Types
MagdalenaVillage
Socorro CountyCounty
New MexicoState
USACountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Magdalena911 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
247140
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:247140:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Magdalena, Comté de Socorro, Nouveau-Mexique, États-Unis
German:
Magdalena, Socorro County, New Mexico, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Magdalena, Contea di Socorro, Nuovo Messico, Stati Uniti d'America
Spanish:
Magdalena, Condado de Socorro, Nuevo México, Estados Unidos
Arabic:
ماغادالينا, مقاطعة سوكورو, نيومكسيكو, الولايات المتحدة
Basque:
Magdalena, Socorro konderria, Mexiko Berria
Catalan:
Magdalena, Nou Mèxic, Estats Units d’Amèrica
Cebuano:
Magdalena, Socorro County, New Mexico
Croatian:
Magdalena, Socorro, Novi Meksiko, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Dutch:
Magdalena, Socorro County, New Mexico, Verenigde Staten
Farsi/Persian:
ماگدالنا, شهرستان ساکورو، نیومکزیکو, نیومکزیکو, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Japanese:
マグダレーナ, ソコロ郡, ニューメキシコ州, アメリカ合衆国
Ladin:
Magdalena
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Magdalena
Polish:
Magdalena, Hrabstwo Socorro, Nowy Meksyk, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Magdalena, Condado de Socorro, Novo México, Estados Unidos
Serbian:
Магдалена , Округ Сокоро, Нови Мексико, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Magdalena, Socorro County, Novi Meksiko, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Slovenian:
Magdalena, Okrožje Socorro, Nova Mehika, Združene države Amerike
South Azerbaijani:
ماقدالنا، نیومکزیکو, نیومکزیکو ایالتی, آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری
Ukrainian:
Магдаліна, Сокорро, Нью-Мексико, Сполучені Штати Америки
Volapük:
Magdalena, New Mexico, Lamerikän
Waray:
Magdalena, Condado han Socorro, Nuevo México, Estados Unidos
Welsh:
Magdalena, Mecsico Newydd, Unol Daleithiau America


Magdalena is a village in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States.

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6 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Galena
Formula: PbS
'Limonite'
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
'Wad'

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Unclassified
'Limonite'-
'Wad'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
O BaryteBaSO4
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S BaryteBaSO4
S GalenaPbS
S PyriteFeS2
S SphaleriteZnS
FeIron
Fe PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences2
Youngest Fossil Listed56.0 Ma (Paleocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed66.0 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Nacimiento263.3 - 56 Ma (Paleocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Ficus
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Moraceae : Ficus66 - 56 Ma
Paleocene
Cissus
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Vitales : Vitaceae : Cissus66 - 56 Ma
Paleocene
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalena,_New_Mexico
Wikidata ID:Q603734
GeoNames ID:5477673

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