Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Fluorite	Jalpaite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Palygorskite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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) ()*

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:
Acanthite Amorphous Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Fluorite Jalpaite Kaolinite Mica None Palygorskite Polybasite Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	81877,81881	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	81881	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	81877,81881	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	81877,81881	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	81877,81881	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	81877	5707
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1	81881	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	81877,81881	27198
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	81881	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	81881	651
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	81877,81881	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	81877	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	81879,81881	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	81877,81879	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	81877,81879,81881	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	81877,81879,81881	14640
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	2	81877,81881	116
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	81877,81881	5591
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	1	81881	51
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	81877	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	81877,81881	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	81877	2994
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	81881	306
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	2	81877,81881	249
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	81877,81879,81881	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	81881	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	81877,81879,81881	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	81877	1711
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	81881	312
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	81877	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	81879,81881	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	81881	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	81881	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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