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Locality Name:
La Verde Mine, Nueva Italia De Ruiz, Mugica Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 34.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 32.7

mindat Locality ID: 14115
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14115.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Verde Mine, Nueva Italia De Ruiz, Mugica Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 19°4'40"N
Longitude: 102°1'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.077777777778,-102.03138888889

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeDigeniteEpidote
FeldsparGypsumMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteScheelite
Smectite-vermiculiteTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Digenite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)34.132.708803
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)34.132.701588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS34.132.709052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)234.132.705509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS434.132.705516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)34.132.7027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S34.132.705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS234.132.7027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O34.132.703531
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S34.132.701027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)34.132.708173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)34.132.707437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O34.132.706890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O334.132.7014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)234.132.7012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS234.132.705800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O34.132.701508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)234.132.7017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS234.132.7039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S834.132.709056
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)34.132.704894
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1334.132.701803



1 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
PorphCu-0004634.132.733.4±0.7      Albite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Epidote, Goethite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, PyrrhotiteCu14115La Verde Mine, Nueva Italia De Ruiz, Mugica Municipality, Michoacan, MexicoLa VerdeSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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