Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
La Caridad Antigua Mine, La Caridad, Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 54.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 53.3

mindat Locality ID: 269830
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269830.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Caridad Antigua Mine, La Caridad, Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Digenite	Enargite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Ba Cu Fe H K O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Cu Fe H K O S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Digenite Enargite Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Quartz Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	54.1	53.3	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	54.1	53.3	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	54.1	53.3	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	54.1	53.3	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	54.1	53.3	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	54.1	53.3	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	54.1	53.3	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	54.1	53.3	910
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	54.1	53.3	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	54.1	53.3	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	54.1	53.3	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	54.1	53.3	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	54.1	53.3	61156
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	54.1	53.3	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	54.1	53.3	5317

1 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
	Mo-00209	54.1	53.3		Re-Os			molybdenite			Yes	Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite, Molybdite	Mo	27090	Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico		Valencia et al. (2005)	10.1007/s00126-005-0480-1	MD40_175

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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