Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Buena Tierra Mine, Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 26.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 26.6

mindat Locality ID: 8958
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8958.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buena Tierra Mine, Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°36'0"N
Longitude: 105°52'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.6,-105.86666666667

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.

Apophyllite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum
Malachite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apophyllite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Descloizite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum
Malachite Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	26.6	26.6	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	26.6	26.6	3092
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	26.6	26.6	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	26.6	26.6	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	26.6	26.6	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	26.6	26.6	27198
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	26.6	26.6	378
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	26.6	26.6	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	26.6	26.6	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	26.6	26.6	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	26.6	26.6	6890
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	26.6	26.6	85
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	26.6	26.6	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	26.6	26.6	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	26.6	26.6	5674
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	26.6	26.6	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	26.6	26.6	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	26.6	26.6	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	26.6	26.6	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	26.6	26.6	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00319	26.6	26.6	26.6							Yes				2311	Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico	Santa Eulalia	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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