Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Batopilas Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 52.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 45

mindat Locality ID: 15777
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15777.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Batopilas Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico": 63
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 45

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Alisos
Andres Del Rio District
Cerro Colorado
Jesús María
La Bufa
Satevó

Latitude: 27°0'19"N
Longitude: 107°41'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.005277777778,-107.69416666667

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Feldspar	Gypsum	Harmotome	Heulandite	Löllingite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sartorite	Sphalerite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	Xanthoconite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dufrénoysite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Harmotome ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Litharge ()*	Löllingite ()*
Malachite ()*	Massicot ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*
Safflorite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Talc ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Xanthoconite ()*

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 Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H I K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Feldspar Gypsum Harmotome Heulandite Löllingite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sartorite Sphalerite Talc Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Xanthoconite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	52.7	45	9	81714,81715,81717,81737,81744,81747,81748,81771,81775	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	52.7	50.5	1	81717	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	52.7	45	1	81744	8803
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	52.7	45	1	81717	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	52.7	45	2	81717,81744	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	52.7	50.5	1	81717	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	52.7	45	1	81717	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	52.7	45	1	81738	1966
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	52.7	45	1	81717	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	52.7	45	6	81717,81737,81741,81744,81747,81773	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	52.7	50.5	3	81717,81731,81758	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	52.7	50.5	1	81717	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	52.7	45	1	81717	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	52.7	50.5	2	81741,81773	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	52.7	45	1	81717	9895
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅	52.7	45	1	81717	34
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	52.7	45	1	81717	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	52.7	50.5	8	81717,81718,81725,81737,81739,81745,81756,81763	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	52.7	45	2	81717,81769	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	52.7	45	1	81717	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	52.7	45	1	81717	290
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	52.7	45	1	81717	246
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	52.7	45	1	81717	180
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	52.7	45	1	81717	139
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	52.7	45	1	81717	762
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	52.7	50.5	1	81717	12537
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	52.7	45	1	81717	202
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	52.7	50.5	1	81717	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	52.7	45	1	81717	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	52.7	50.5	1	81717	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	52.7	45	2	81717,81771	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	52.7	45	9	81717,81736,81745,81749,81750,81755,81758,81766,81771	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	52.7	50.5	2	81717,81773	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	52.7	45	7	81717,81725,81739,81744,81756,81763,81773	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	52.7	45	1	81717	233
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	52.7	45	1	81717	317
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	52.7	45	32	81716,81717,81721,81722,81724,81725,81726,81729,81730,81732,81737,81738,81741,81742,81743,81744,81745,81746,81747,81748,81750,81753,81754,81755,81757,81758,81760,81761,81764,81765,81766,81767	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	52.7	50.5	4	81717,81737,81738,81744	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	52.7	45	2	81717,81744	586
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	52.7	45	1	81733	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	52.7	50.5	1	81717	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	52.7	50.5	1	81717	5317
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	52.7	45	1	81717	89

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_001	epithermal

2 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
	EG98_1029_tbl_1_001	48	45	48–45?	K-Ar										2300	Batopilas, Andres Del Rio District, Batopilas Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico	Batopilas	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029
	PorphCu-00006	52.7	50.5	51.6±1.1									Actinolite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	2300	Batopilas, Andres Del Rio District, Batopilas Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico	Batopilas	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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