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Locality Name:
Yesca Mine, El Zopilote (Zopilote), Ruiz Municipality, Nayarit, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 21
Youngest recorded age at locality: 11.6

mindat Locality ID: 26687
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26687.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yesca Mine, El Zopilote (Zopilote), Ruiz Municipality, Nayarit, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°58'0"N
Longitude: 104°56'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.966666666667,-104.93333333333

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 As Cu S Sb 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Cu S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
NoneTetrahedrite

2 IMA Minerals at location:
Proustite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS321210733
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13212105317



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_024epithermal
EG98_1029_tbl_1_025epithermal
Emily000396represents the last silicic volcanism in the area
Emily000397ignimbrite located near the mineralized area
Emily000398basaltic dike that cut the mineralization


5 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
EG98_1029_tbl_1_0242121~21?Ar/Ar    Yes  21836El Zopilote (Zopilote), Ruiz Municipality, Nayarit, MexicoEl ZopiloteCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
Emily00039617.116.917±0.1  whole rock  Yes  21836El Zopilote (Zopilote), Ruiz Municipality, Nayarit, MexicoEl Zopilote district, NayaritCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
Emily00039713.612.813.2±0.4  whole rock  Yes  21836El Zopilote (Zopilote), Ruiz Municipality, Nayarit, MexicoEl Zopilote district, NayaritCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
Emily00039812.211.611.9±0.3  whole rock  Yes  21836El Zopilote (Zopilote), Ruiz Municipality, Nayarit, MexicoEl Zopilote district, NayaritCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
EG98_1029_tbl_1_0252121~21?Ar/Ar       26687Yesca Mine, El Zopilote (Zopilote), Ruiz Municipality, Nayarit, MexicoLa YescaCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 


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