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Locality Name:
Maria Mine, Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 60.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 58.9

mindat Locality ID: 219934
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219934.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maria Mine, Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°2'35"N
Longitude: 110°25'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.043055555556,-110.41916666667

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Parisite
Pyrite	Quartz	Tourmaline

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: Al B Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Mica Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Parisite
Pyrite Quartz Tourmaline

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Beryl ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dravite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	60.7	60.1	2162
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	60.7	60.1	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	60.7	60.1	27198
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	60.7	60.1	648
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	60.7	60.1	2740
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	60.7	60.1	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	60.7	60.1	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	60.7	60.1	17380
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	60.7	60.1	112
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	60.7	60.1	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	60.7	60.1	61156

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample 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
Mo-00207	59.6	59	59.3±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	Incremento 3	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	26998	Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Cananea	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00208	59.5	58.9	59.2±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	La Colorada	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	26998	Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Cananea	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
PorphCu-00077	59.6	59	59.3±0.3	Re-Os			Yes		Actinolite, Aikinite, Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Siderite, Sphalerite, Wollastonite	Cu	230618	Buenavista Mine (Cananea Mine), Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Cananea	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
Mo-00460	60.7	60.1	60.4±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	MR1		Molybdenite		Mo	219934	Maria Mine, Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Maria	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605

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