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Locality Name:
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 63.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 62.6

mindat Locality ID: 158068
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158068.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°7'0"N
Longitude: 110°26'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.116666666667,-110.44972222222
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: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O P S Si U V Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O P S Si U V Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAndalusiteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChenevixite
ClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPlancheitePyriteQuartzSpangoliteVolborthiteZircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chenevixite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinoatacamite  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Dioptase  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Shattuckite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Tangeite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Vésigniéite  (*)Volborthite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)663.562.60966
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)463.462.60246
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)363.462.60544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)263.462.605509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)63.562.6011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)663.462.601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)63.562.6027770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O63.462.60925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S63.462.605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS263.462.6027198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)263.462.6090
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O63.462.603531
Clinoatacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)363.462.6043
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)363.462.60127
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)63.462.60363
Copper  (*)CopperCu63.462.603846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS63.462.604165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O63.462.602970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O263.462.60144
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)463.562.60651
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O63.462.60164
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)63.562.607437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O363.562.6014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)263.462.6012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS263.562.605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)263.562.6017380
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)63.562.60186
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)63.462.60492
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O63.462.6074
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS263.462.6039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO263.562.6061156
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)263.462.6071
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O63.462.60105
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)63.462.6060
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO63.462.601101
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O63.462.601059
Vésigniéite  (*)NoneCu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)263.462.6046
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O63.462.60155
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)63.562.605251


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
Mo-0037763.562.763.1±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteM-098  Molybdenite Mo158068Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, MexicoMilpillasValencia et al. (2006) RMCG23_39 
Mo-0037863.462.663.0±0.4Re-Os molybdeniteM-120  Molybdenite Mo158068Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, MexicoMilpillasValencia et al. (2006) RMCG23_39 
PorphCu-0020063.462.663.0±0.4Re-Os     Chalcopyrite, PyriteCu158068Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, MexicoMilpillasSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R100199Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R100199
R140763Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R140763
R120149Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R120149
R120063Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R120063

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