Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Refugio Mine, Catorce (Real De Catorce), Catorce Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 35.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23

mindat Locality ID: 19519
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19519.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Refugio Mine, Catorce (Real De Catorce), Catorce Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°42'0"N
Longitude: 100°54'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.7,-100.9

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.

Copper	None	Polybasite	Rocksalt

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 Br Cu S Sb

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper None Polybasite Rocksalt

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Bromargyrite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Silver ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	35.7	23	227
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	35.7	23	716
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	35.7	23	5186

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_028	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_028	35.7	35.7	35.7?	K-Ar						Yes				2343	Catorce (Real De Catorce), Catorce Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Real de Catorce	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029
	sedznpb-00305	33.9	23	Oligocene							Yes				2343	Catorce (Real De Catorce), Catorce Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Catorce	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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