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Locality Name:
Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1440.015
Youngest recorded age at locality: 52.8

mindat Locality ID: 2354
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2354.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cananea
Cuitaca

Latitude: 31°0'56"N
Longitude: 110°22'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.015555555556,-110.37888888889

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleApatiteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteKaoliniteMalachiteMeneghinite
MicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupParisitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedriteTourmalineTurquoiseWollastoniteWurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dravite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Paratellurite  (*)
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurite  (*)Tellurium  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Turquoise  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1440.01552.81843152793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)259.6591843153419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS359.659184315315
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)66359284315,84325966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO260.760.11843222162
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)60.758.918432111547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1860.760.11843224286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS459.952.8284315,843175516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S6352.8384315,84317,843255707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26352.8584315,84317,84320,84322,8432527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O635903531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS59.6591843154165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S59.6591843151027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O659.6591843154135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)60.760.1184322648
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS459.659184315910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)59.6591843158173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F60.760.1284315,843222740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS59.659384315,84320,8432124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)6352.8284317,843257437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36359284315,8432514640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)663631843252228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)463631843255591
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS459.659184315198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O46359284315,8432514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2636318432512537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS260.760.1284315,843225800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)60.760.1184322945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)26358.9484315,84321,84322,8432517380
Paratellurite  (*)RutileTeO260.758.918432320
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F260.760.1184322112
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21440.01552.81843152273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26352.8484315,84317,84322,8432539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO260.758.9384315,84321,8432261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1440.01552.81843151711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO259.6591843155614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)59.6591843156417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS59.659484315,84319,84320,8432121482
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO21440.01552.818431552
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe1440.01552.8184315190
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1359.659284320,843215317
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O6359284315,84325484
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO359.6591843151247



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000114biotite adamellite


7 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
Jen_00001141440.0151439.9851440±0.015U-Pb zircon   Zircon  26998Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, MexicoCananea Biotite Adamelite, Sonora, MexicoAnderson (1983)10.1130/MEM161-p133GSAM161_133anorogenic
Mo-0020759.65959.3±0.3Re-Os molybdeniteIncremento 3  Molybdenite Mo26998Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, MexicoCananeaBarra et al. (2005)10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605EG100_1605 
Mo-0020859.558.959.2±0.3Re-Os molybdeniteLa Colorada  Molybdenite Mo26998Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, MexicoCananeaBarra et al. (2005)10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605EG100_1605 
PorphCu-0007759.65959.3±0.3Re-Os     Actinolite, Aikinite, Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Siderite, Sphalerite, WollastoniteCu230618Buenavista Mine (Cananea Mine), Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, MexicoCananeaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
sedznpb-0030459.952.859.9–52.8        230660Capote Mine, Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, MexicoCapote BasinSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
Mo-0046060.760.160.4±0.3Re-Os molybdeniteMR1  Molybdenite Mo219934Maria Mine, Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, MexicoMariaBarra et al. (2005)10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605EG100_1605 
PorphCu-003396363~63      Alunite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, TurquoiseCu205994La Mariquita Mine, Cuitaca, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, MexicoMariquitaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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