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Locality Name:
Velardeña Mine, Velardeña, Velardeña District, Cuencamé Municipality, Durango, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 35.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 30.2

mindat Locality ID: 25945
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25945.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Velardeña Mine, Velardeña, Velardeña District, Cuencamé Municipality, Durango, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°4'27"N
Longitude: 103°41'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.074166666667,-103.69722222222

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	Allophane	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	Melilite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Spurrite-Afwillite

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 C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Chalcopyrite Malachite Melilite Nickeline None Pyrite Sphalerite Spurrite-Afwillite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Gehlenite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Realgar ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spurrite ()*	Tenorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	35.1	31.7	2793
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	35.1	31.7	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	35.1	31.7	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	35.1	31.7	3531
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	35.1	31.7	114
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	35.1	31.7	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	35.1	31.7	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	35.1	31.7	9056
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	35.1	31.7	712
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	35.1	31.7	21482
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	35.1	31.7	54
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	35.1	31.7	1101

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_013	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_013	30.2	30.2	30.2	FT			fluorite			Yes	Fluorite			23070	Velardeña, Velardeña District, Cuencamé Municipality, Durango, Mexico	Velardeña	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029
	sedznpb-00323	35.1	31.7	33.4±1.7											25945	Velardeña Mine, Velardeña, Velardeña District, Cuencamé Municipality, Durango, Mexico	Velardeña	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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