Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Melchor Múzquiz, Melchor Múzquiz Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 27248
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27248.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Melchor Múzquiz, Melchor Múzquiz Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Cedral Mine
Esperanza Mine
Mina Potrero
Rosario Mine
Salvadora Mine
San Francisco Mine
San Gertrudis Mine
Sierra Grande Mine
Tule Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: Ba C Ca F Fe H O Pb S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteDiasporeFluoriteGypsumNoneQuartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)382211,82214,822162734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1822193250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18221311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)282213,8221927770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)282213,822191252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1822154979
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2382212,82218,822199617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)482211,82214,82216,822177437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1822136890
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218221361156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)382211,82214,822166417
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)182219589



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL


All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...