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Locality Name:
Potosí Mine (El Potosí 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: 2312
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2312.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 28°36'20"N
Longitude: 105°52'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.605555555556,-105.87166666667
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: Ag Al As Au Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayColumbiteCopperCorundumCubaniteDiasporeFluoriteGypsumIlvaiteKaolinite
MiniumNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePhenakitePolybasitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSodaliteSphaleriteSulphur

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Argentopyrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Corkite  (*)Creedite  (*)Cronstedtite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fayalite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hedyphane  (*)Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Ilvaite  (*)Jeanbandyite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Legrandite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Natanite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Wickmanite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)26.626.60254
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)26.626.601588
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S326.626.6053
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS26.626.609052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)626.626.60919
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS426.626.605516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26.626.6027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)26.626.604979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O26.626.60197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226.626.6027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)826.626.601756
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)626.626.60151
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O26.626.6048
Cronstedtite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)426.626.6054
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)226.626.609895
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)26.626.60371
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF226.626.609617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS26.626.6024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)26.626.607437
Gold  (*)CopperAu26.626.6030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O26.626.606890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O626.626.60741
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl26.626.6048
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S26.626.60237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O326.626.6014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O26.626.601689
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O26.626.60144
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)26.626.60469
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O26.626.6085
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)626.626.601066
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)26.626.60197
Jeanbandyite  (*)PerovskiteFe3+Sn(OH)5O26.626.607
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)226.626.60234
Legrandite  (*)NoneZn2(AsO4)(OH)·H2O26.626.6020
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)26.626.60770
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl26.626.601107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O426.626.60247
Natanite  (*)PerovskiteFe2+Sn4+(OH)626.626.6014
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)626.626.60477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]26.626.60716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226.626.6039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO226.626.603106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S826.626.609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226.626.6061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS26.626.60712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)26.626.601711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)26.626.60969
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)26.626.606417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)26.626.602473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26.626.6021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS26.626.602045
Wickmanite  (*)PerovskiteMn2+Sn4+(OH)626.626.6024
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO426.626.60303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO426.626.601655


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-0031926.626.626.6     Yes  2311Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, MexicoSanta EulaliaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070536Potosí Mine (El Potosí Mine), Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R070536
R100016Potosí Mine (El Potosí Mine), Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R100016

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