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Locality Name:
Veta Rica Mine, Sierra Mojada, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 47.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13.8

mindat Locality ID: 26066
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26066.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Veta Rica Mine, Sierra Mojada, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°19'0"N
Longitude: 103°42'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.316666666667,-103.7

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Gypsum	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Polybasite	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sulphur	Vivianite

Acanthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Proustite ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*
Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Gypsum Malachite
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Polybasite Rocksalt Skutterudite Sulphur Vivianite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	47.8	13.8	2793
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	47.8	13.8	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	47.8	13.8	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	47.8	13.8	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	47.8	13.8	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	47.8	13.8	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	47.8	13.8	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	47.8	13.8	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	47.8	13.8	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	47.8	13.8	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	47.8	13.8	2970
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	47.8	13.8	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	47.8	13.8	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	47.8	13.8	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	47.8	13.8	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	47.8	13.8	12537
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	47.8	13.8	249
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	47.8	13.8	733
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	47.8	13.8	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	47.8	13.8	531
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	47.8	13.8	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	47.8	13.8	2045

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-00320	47.8	13.8	Mid-Tertiary							Yes				22560	Sierra Mojada, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico	Sierra Mojada	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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