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Locality Name:
Madrelena Mine, Tres Pozos, Baja California, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 20114
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20114.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Madrelena Mine, Tres Pozos, Baja California, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°20'0"N
Longitude: 116°30'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.333333333333,-116.5
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B Ba C Ca Cl Fe H Mg O P S Si Sn Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Cl Fe H Mg O P S Si Sn Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBenitoiteCerchiaraiteFeldsparGillespiteNickelineNonePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzTitanite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Alforsite  (*)Bazirite  (*)Celsian  (*)Cerchiaraite-(Fe)  (*)Diopside  (*)
Gillespite  (*)Pabstite  (*)Pellyite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sanbornite  (*)Taramellite  (*)Titanite  (*)Titantaramellite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alforsite  (*)ApatiteBa5(PO4)3Cl05
Bazirite  (*)BenitoiteBaZrSi3O9011
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)0100
Cerchiaraite-(Fe)  (*)CerchiaraiteBa4Fe3+4(Si4O12)O2(OH)4Cl2[Si2O3(OH)4]06
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Gillespite  (*)GillespiteBaFe2+Si4O1009
Pabstite  (*)BenitoiteBaSnSi3O904
Pellyite  (*)NoneBa2CaFe2+2Si6O1705
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sanbornite  (*)NoneBaSi2O5013
Taramellite  (*)NoneBa4(Fe3+,Ti)4O2[B2Si8O27]Clx08
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Titantaramellite  (*)NoneBa4(Ti,Fe3+,Mg)4(O,OH)2[B2Si8O27]Clx010
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)0251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-53Madrelena Mine, Tres Pozos, Baja California, Mexicohttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-53
FKM-53bMadrelena Mine, Tres Pozos, Baja California, Mexicohttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-53b
R070356Madrelena Mine, Tres Pozos, Baja California, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R070356
R061031Madrelena Mine, Tres Pozos, Baja California, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R061031
R080041Madrelena Mine, Tres Pozos, Baja California, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R080041

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