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Locality Name:
Bismark Mine, Ascención Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 45.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 45.2

mindat Locality ID: 28957
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28957.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bismark Mine, Ascención Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°13'58"N
Longitude: 107°34'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.232777777778,-107.56666666667

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	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: Ag Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Se Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Bohdanowiczite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bohdanowiczite ()*	None	AgBiSe₂	45.2	45.2	41
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	45.2	45.2	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	45.2	45.2	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	45.2	45.2	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	45.2	45.2	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	45.2	45.2	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	45.2	45.2	1689
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	45.2	45.2	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	45.2	45.2	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	45.2	45.2	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	45.2	45.2	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	45.2	45.2	1655

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-00303	45.2	45.2	45.2											28957	Bismark Mine, Ascención Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico	Bismark	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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