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Locality Name:
León Group, San Pedro Corralitos, Casas Grandes Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 63104
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-63104.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "León Group, San Pedro Corralitos, Casas Grandes Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Congreso-León Mine (Congreso Mine; León Mine; Congresso-León Mine)
San Celistino Mine

Latitude: 30°45'0"N
Longitude: 107°40'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.75,-107.66666666667
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyrite
CopperDiasporeFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Austinite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
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)181834254
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1818343250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1818349052
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)18183471
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18183411547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6181834413
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18183427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1818344979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218183427198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1818341382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1818343531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)181834363
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21818349617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18183424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1818347437
Gold  (*)CopperAu18183430554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1818341689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218183412537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1818341107
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6181834477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218183439462
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2181834454
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1818342473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18183421482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131818345317
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4181834303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41818341655


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