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 Malachite at Suaqui Grande Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 56Ma - 55.4Ma 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
PorphCu-00671	56	55.4		Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	228088	Cuatro Hermanos Cu Deposit, El Realito, Suaqui Grande Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Specified 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
PorphCu-00671	56	55.4		Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	228088	Cuatro Hermanos Cu Deposit, El Realito, Suaqui Grande Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Mineralization 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
PorphCu-00575	57.3	56.7		Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	207316	Suaqui Verde Cu Deposit, Suaqui Grande, Suaqui Grande Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

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
Mo-00444	57.3	56.7	Molybdenite		Mo	207316	Suaqui Verde Cu Deposit, Suaqui Grande, Suaqui Grande Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Barra et al. (2005)	EG100_1605
Mo-00445	57	56.6	Molybdenite		Mo	207316	Suaqui Verde Cu Deposit, Suaqui Grande, Suaqui Grande Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Barra et al. (2005)	EG100_1605
Mo-00477	56	55.4	Molybdenite		Mo	228088	Cuatro Hermanos Cu Deposit, El Realito, Suaqui Grande Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Barra et al. (2005)	EG100_1605