Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bilbao Mine, La Blanca, Ojo Caliente Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 8695
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8695.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bilbao Mine, La Blanca, Ojo Caliente Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°39'45"N
Longitude: 102°8'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.6625,-102.14777777778

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Epsomite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Wollastonite

Aerinite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Corkite ()*	Felsőbányaite ()*	Franklinite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Goslarite ()*	Guanajuatite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hedyphane ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Larsenite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Ogdensburgite ()*
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Selenium ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Willemite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Se Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Se Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Diaspore Epsomite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phenakite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Wollastonite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aerinite ()*	Not in a structural group	(Ca,Na)₆(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺,Mg,Al)₄(Al,Mg)₆Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·12H₂O	22
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	151
Felsőbányaite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	66
Franklinite ()*	Spinel	ZnFe³⁺₂O₄	52
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	188
Guanajuatite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂Se₃	37
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Hedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(AsO₄)₃Cl	48
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Larsenite ()*	None	ZnPb(SiO₄)	6
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	112
Ogdensburgite ()*	None	Ca₂Fe³⁺₄Zn(AsO₄)₄(OH)₆·6H₂O	4
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl	71
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	143
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	332
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	303
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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