Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Parla Mine, Acuitapilco, Santa María Del Oro Municipality, Nayarit, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 22.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 16.2

mindat Locality ID: 17838
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17838.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Parla Mine, Acuitapilco, Santa María Del Oro Municipality, Nayarit, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°21'0"N
Longitude: 104°31'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.35,-104.51666666667

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.

None

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: Cu Fe S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	22.2	16.2	0		5516

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_026	epithermal
Emily000399	rhyolites 3 km to the southwest of the mining area

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
EG98_1029_tbl_1_026	21	21	~21?	Ar/Ar		Yes	29579	Santa María Del Oro, Santa María Del Oro Municipality, Nayarit, Mexico	Santa María del Oro	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029
Emily000399	22.2	20.4	21.3±0.9		whole rock	Yes	29579	Santa María Del Oro, Santa María Del Oro Municipality, Nayarit, Mexico	Santa Maria del Oro, Nayarit	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029
Emily000400	18.2	16.2	17.2±1		whole rock	Yes	29579	Santa María Del Oro, Santa María Del Oro Municipality, Nayarit, Mexico	Santa Maria del Oro, Nayarit	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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