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Locality Name:
Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 14161
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14161.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico": 47
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 36

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bermejillo
Boruquillas
Cerro Jaboncillo
La Cadena
Mapimí
Santa Librada
Sierra De Banderas
Sierra Descubridora

Latitude: 25°53'54"N
Longitude: 103°59'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.898333333333,-103.99416666667
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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAluniteAmorphousAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyrite
ArthuriteAutuniteBaryteBrackebuschiteBrauniteBrochantiteCalciteCarminiteCeriteChalcanthite
ChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChenevixiteClaringbulliteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopiapiteCopperCoronadite
CorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDevillineDiasporeEnargiteEpidoteEpsomiteFluoriteGarnet
GypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteHureauliteKaoliniteKtenasiteLöllingiteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMiniumMolybdeniteMurdochiteNatrochalciteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPectolite
PharmacosideritePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteSulphurSymplesiteTarbuttiteTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtzite

153 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)Arsendescloizite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Austinite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Berzelianite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Claringbullite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Dussertite  (*)
Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Feitknechtite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Goslarite  (*)Grossular  (*)Groutite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)
Hausmannite  (*)Hedyphane  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kobyashevite  (*)Köttigite  (*)Legrandite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Litharge  (*)Löllingite  (*)Lotharmeyerite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Manganlotharmeyerite  (*)Mapimite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Massicot  (*)Melanterite  (*)Metaköttigite  (*)Miguelromeroite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Minium  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Murdochite  (*)Nantokite  (*)
Ogdensburgite  (*)Ojuelaite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)
Paradamite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)
Plattnerite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)
Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Sauconite  (*)
Schulenbergite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Scrutinyite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Sewardite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Symplesite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tsumcorite  (*)Umangite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Valentinite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)Woodruffite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)Zincrosasite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1824952793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)662.6782511,82516,82517,82519,82521,82522,82523254
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)662.6582495,82505,82511,82512,825212734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2662.6282506,825113092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)662.6382506,82511,825223250
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)662.618251124
Arsendescloizite  (*)AdelitePbZn(AsO4)(OH)662.6282511,8252320
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O662.6482505,82511,82512,82522194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS662.61825119052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6662.6282511,82521919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)662.6582505,82511,82512,82519,8252971
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2662.6382497,82511,825215509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)662.6682495,82506,82507,82511,82521,8253511547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2662.6182511172
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)662.6382510,82511,8251866
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6662.6182511413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7662.6282511,82521450
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi662.6382510,82511,825181966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3662.6382510,82511,825181935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4662.61825115516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11662.6182511843
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)182530483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6662.6382511,82521,825291633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)662.61682495,82497,82503,82505,82506,82508,82511,82512,82513,82516,82517,82521,82526,82534,82535,8253927770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2662.6682505,82511,82512,82516,82521,82529178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2662.6382510,82511,825185171
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)662.6582494,82495,82511,82525,825321252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)662.6582495,82497,82499,82511,825214979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4662.6382505,82511,82527352
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O662.6182511925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S662.6282505,825125707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O662.6382511,82517,82522197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2662.6582495,82497,82510,82511,8253927198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2662.6382511,82521,8252990
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl662.6282511,825221382
Claringbullite  (*)ClaringbulliteCu2+4FCl(OH)6662.6282511,8252113
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe662.6282510,82511281
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)662.6482497,82511,82521,82539363
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O662.6182504382
Copper  (*)CopperCu662.6282497,825113846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS662.61825114165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6182527310
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16662.6182511599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O662.6382497,82511,825212970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2662.6282497,82511144
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)662.6382508,82511,82526378
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6662.6382510,82511,825184135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2662.6282495,825119895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)662.6182511220
Dussertite  (*)AluniteBaFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6662.618251133
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2662.6382510,82511,82518246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4662.6382510,82511,82518910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)662.61825118173
Feitknechtite  (*)NoneMn3+O(OH)662.6282511,8253019
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O662.6182511345
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1825272740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2662.6782495,82508,82511,82517,82526,82534,825359617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS662.6682495,82503,82510,82511,82518,8253924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)662.6482497,82511,82516,825297437
Gold  (*)CopperAu662.618251130554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O662.6182511188
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3662.61825111544
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)662.618251172
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O662.6782495,82501,82511,82519,82521,82532,825376890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O662.6182511409
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4662.6582505,82511,82512,82521,82530350
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl662.6282511,8252148
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3662.6282497,8251114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O662.6582511,82517,82521,82522,825241689
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O662.6282511,82529251
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH182506367
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6662.6382495,82511,825131066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14662.6282504,82511784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6662.6282511,825192228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4662.61825115591
Kobyashevite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu5(SO4)2(OH)6·4H2O662.61825113
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O662.618251160
Legrandite  (*)NoneZn2(AsO4)(OH)·H2O662.6382511,82519,8252020
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)662.6282511,82531581
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)662.6282511,82524234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2182495987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO662.6182511139
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2662.6182511762
Lotharmeyerite  (*)NatrochalciteCaZn2(AsO4)2·2H2O662.6282511,825164
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4662.6282510,8251114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2662.6682497,82505,82511,82512,82521,8253912537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)662.6282511,82530770
Manganlotharmeyerite  (*)NatrochalciteCaMn3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2662.6282511,825163
Mapimite  (*)NoneZn2Fe3+3(AsO4)3(OH)4·10H2O662.6282511,825192
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2662.6382510,82511,825185674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO662.6182511202
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O662.6182511915
Metaköttigite  (*)Symplesite(Zn,Fe3+)3(AsO4)2·8(H2O,OH)662.61825111
Miguelromeroite  (*)HureauliteMn5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2(H2O)4662.61825115
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl662.6982505,82511,82512,82513,82515,82521,82523,82524,825291107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4662.6182511247
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2662.61825115800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)662.6182511362
Murdochite  (*)MurdochiteCu12Pb2O15Cl2662.6382511,82513,8251734
Nantokite  (*)SphaleriteCuCl662.618251135
Ogdensburgite  (*)NoneCa2Fe3+4Zn(AsO4)4(OH)6·6H2O662.6282511,825164
Ojuelaite  (*)ArthuriteZnFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O662.6282511,825197
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)662.6182511492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O662.61825042994
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O18249540
Paradamite  (*)TarbuttiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)662.6382511,82519,825206
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O662.6182511124
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)662.6182511363
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O662.6282511,82521428
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O662.6182511265
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2662.6382511,82513,82517158
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6662.6282511,82521477
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3182495733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3662.61825111425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2662.6482495,82510,82511,8253939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2662.6282511,825303106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl662.6282511,825281725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8662.6382510,82511,825189056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2662.6782495,82503,82506,82511,82534,82535,8253961156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO2662.6282511,8253088
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS662.6182511712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1825301711
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10662.6382509,82511,82530312
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2662.6582511,82513,82521,82529,82539454
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O662.618251156
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O182495142
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O662.6282511,825221153
Scrutinyite  (*)ColumbitePbO2662.61825116
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6662.6182511134
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O182495292
Sewardite  (*)CarminiteCaFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2662.61825115
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)662.6282506,825116417
Silver  (*)CopperAg662.6482495,82511,82521,825295186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)662.6782495,82511,82516,82517,82519,82520,825222473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS662.6582495,82503,82510,82511,8253921482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4662.6382510,82511,82518668
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)662.6482505,82511,82512,82527446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3662.6482505,82506,82511,825123418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1825322045
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O662.618251192
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13662.61825111803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO662.6282497,825111101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13662.6282497,825115317
Tsumcorite  (*)NatrochalcitePbZn2(AsO4)2·2H2O662.618251129
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se2662.6382510,82511,8251871
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O662.6182511890
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3662.6182511369
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl662.6182511605
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)6182527104
Woodruffite  (*)NoneZn2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10·4H2O662.6282504,8251125
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4662.6582511,82513,82515,82521,825241655
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O662.6182511185
Zincrosasite  (*)Malachite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2662.618251128


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00312662.6Tertiary        2318Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, MexicoMapimiSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050292Platosa Mine, Bermejillo, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050292
R060992Platosa Mine, Bermejillo, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R060992
R050028Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050028
R040151Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R040151
R060862Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R060862
R110122Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R110122
R130513Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R130513
R040130Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R040130
R050020Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050020
R100184Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R100184
R060947Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R060947
R050605Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050605
R040167Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R040167
R090014Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R090014
R050635Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050635
R160001Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R160001
R110035Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R110035
R130695Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R130695
R050582Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050582
R070605Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R070605
R120007Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R120007
R100183Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R100183
R100185Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R100185

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