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Locality Name:
El Antimonio, Caborca Municipality, Sonora, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 26328
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26328.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Antimonio, Caborca Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Antimonio Mine
La Fortuna Mine
San Felix Mine
San Jose Mine

Latitude: 30°43'60"N
Longitude: 112°33'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.733333333333,-112.55
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 Au Br C Ca Cl Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Br O S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteCalciteCarminiteCopperNonePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltStibniteTapiolite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Beudantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Byströmite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)
Cervantite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Corkite  (*)Gold  (*)Ordoñezite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6284291,84293413
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr0227
Byströmite  (*)TapioliteMgSb5+2O6284292,842943
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18429227770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2284291,84293178
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4184292352
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl284291,842931382
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6284291,84293151
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Ordoñezite  (*)TapioliteZnSb5+2O607
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2384291,84292,8429361156
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)284291,84292446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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