Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Palmarejo Mine, Palmarejo, Chínipas Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 263944
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263944.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 27°23'8"N
Longitude: 108°24'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.385555555556,-108.40583333333

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Jalpaite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Palygorskite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Mckinstryite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Jalpaite Kaolinite Mica None Palygorskite Polybasite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	651
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	116
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	51
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	306
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	249
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	312
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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