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Locality Name:
Onavas Municipality, Sonora, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 29126
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29126.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Onavas Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
La Barranca (Barranca)
Los Tarahumaras (Las Tarahumares; Tarahumara)
Onavas
Santa Ana
Santa MarĂ­a

Latitude: 28°21'29"N
Longitude: 109°26'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.358055555556,-109.44138888889

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 C Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Sb Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mn S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksalt
SphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteTurquoise

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Argentojarosite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Graphite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS0312
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1844942734
Argentojarosite  (*)AluniteAgFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)618449658
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1844719052
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3384470,84488,844911089
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O284472,844732970
Graphite  (*)NoneC1844982812
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14484471,84479,84481,84483784
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2284471,844745674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2184483300
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2384478,84481,8449139462
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1844966417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1584468,84471,84476,84477,84478,84481,84483,84485,84486,84487,84488,84489,84490,84492,8449421482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4184475586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31844713418
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1844881101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13684469,84471,84480,84482,84486,844895317
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O184498484



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