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Locality Name:
Palmarejo, Chínipas Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 11918
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11918.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palmarejo, Chínipas Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Guadalupe Deposit
Hundidas Mine
Independencia Deposit
Los Bancos Deposit
Palmarejo Mine

Latitude: 27°21'49"N
Longitude: 108°22'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.363611111111,-108.37944444444

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteFluoriteJalpaiteKaoliniteMicaNonePalygorskitePolybasitePyritePyrophyllite
QuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteTetrahedrite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Mckinstryite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S281877,818812793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6181881966
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)281877,8188111547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4281877,818815516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)281877,8188127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1818775707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O181881197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2281877,8188127198
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)181881481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4181881651
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)281877,818818173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12181877663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS281879,8188124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)281877,818797437
Gold  (*)CopperAu381877,81879,8188130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3381877,81879,8188114640
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2281877,81881116
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4281877,818815591
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S418188151
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1818771508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2281877,8188117380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1818772994
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O181881306
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]281877,81881249
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2381877,81879,8188139462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2181881771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2381877,81879,8188161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1818771711
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10181881312
Silver  (*)CopperAg1818775186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS281879,8188121482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS181881332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131818811803



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