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Locality Name:
Candelaria Mine (Candelaria Prospect), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 48
Youngest recorded age at locality: 18

mindat Locality ID: 2335
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2335.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Candelaria Mine (Candelaria Prospect), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°48'0"N
Longitude: 109°40'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.8,-109.66666666667

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: Au Ba Cu Fe H K O P S Si Te U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Ba Cu Fe H K O P S Si Te U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousBaryteCopperNoneQuartz

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Cliffordite  (*)Emmonsite  (*)Gold  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Mackayite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Opal  (*)Poughite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schmitterite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4818011547
Cliffordite  (*)NoneUTe4+3O9481804
Emmonsite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)3·2H2O4818034
Gold  (*)CopperAu4818030554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6481802228
Mackayite  (*)NoneFe3+Te4+2O5(OH)4818012
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O48180443
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O481802994
Poughite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)·3H2O4818012
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24818061156
Schmitterite  (*)None(UO2)(Te4+O3)481806
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe48180190
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O481801059



3 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
Emily000421423840±2K-Ar whole rock  Yes  2359Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, MexicoMoctezumaDeen & Atkinson (1988) EG83_1841 
Hg-000214818 K-Ar    YesAktashiteHg2359Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico Deen and Atkinson (1988); Camprubi et al. (2003);   
Mo-000344818 K-Ar    YesJordisite, Powellite, WulfeniteMo2359Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico Camprubi et al. (2003); Deen and Atkinson (1988)   


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R080026Candelaria Mine (Candelaria Prospect), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R080026


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