Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Vizcaíno Peninsula, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 222243
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222243.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vizcaíno Peninsula, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sierra San Andres

Latitude: 27°31'40"N
Longitude: 114°43'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.527777777778,-114.7275

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Analcime	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Titanite	Ullmannite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Celsian ()*	Chromite ()*
Diopside ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Jadeite ()*
Laurite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As Ba Ca Cr Fe H Ir Mg Na O Os Rh Ru S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cr Fe Ir O Os Rh Ru S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Epidote Feldspar None Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel Titanite Ullmannite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	81584	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	81584	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	81584	1627
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	81584	100
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	0		3902
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	81584	4135
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	0		110
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	0		119
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	0		154
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	1	81584	154
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	0		226
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	81584	229
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	81584	4899
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	81584	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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