Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Ourayite at Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 58.9Ma - 58.5Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Mo-00201	58.9	58.5	Molybdenite	Mendozavilite-NaFe, Molybdenite, Paramendozavilite	Mo	25845	Cumobabi, La Verde District, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Barra et al. (2005)	EG100_1605

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Emily000421	42	38				2359	Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Deen & Atkinson (1988)	EG83_1841
Hg-00021	48	18		Aktashite	Hg	2359	Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Deen and Atkinson (1988); Camprubi et al. (2003);
Mo-00034	48	18		Jordisite, Powellite, Wulfenite	Mo	2359	Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Camprubi et al. (2003); Deen and Atkinson (1988)
Mo-00201	58.9	58.5	Molybdenite	Mendozavilite-NaFe, Molybdenite, Paramendozavilite	Mo	25845	Cumobabi, La Verde District, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Barra et al. (2005)	EG100_1605
Mo-00202	58.9	58.5	Molybdenite	Mendozavilite-NaFe, Molybdenite, Paramendozavilite	Mo	25845	Cumobabi, La Verde District, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Barra et al. (2005)	EG100_1605
PorphCu-00073	58.9	58.5		Albite, Anhydrite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Rutile, Siderite, Sphalerite	Cu	25845	Cumobabi, La Verde District, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155