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Locality Name:
Guadalupe Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

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

mindat Locality ID: 11662
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11662.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guadalupe Mine, 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: As Cu H O P Pb S Sb V Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu H O P Pb S Sb V Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteBrochantiteChalcostibiteDescloiziteMixiteNone

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Agardite-(Y)  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O4818090
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6481801633
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS248180162
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)48180234
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)48180362


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)   

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