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Locality Name:
Pinos, Pinos Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 14264
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14264.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pinos, Pinos Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 35
Child Localities:
Animas Mine
Azul Mine
Blanca Mine (Mina La Blanca)
Candelaria Mine
Cata Mine
Cata Rica Mine
Cata Vana Mine
Compana Mine
Cruz De Mayo Mine
Estrellas Mine
Grande Mine
Infantita Mine
La Purísima Mine
María Mine
Matatuza Mine
Matavacas Mine
Oro Mine
Pabellón Mine
Palma Mine
Pinto Mine
Porvenir Mine
Puerto De San José Mine
Refugio Mine
Salomon Mine
San Antonio Mine
San Bartolo Mine
San Francisco Mine
San José Mine
San Juan Mine
San Ramón Mine
Santa Rita Mine
Tajo De Ibarra Mine
Trinidad No. 1 Mine
Trinidad No. 2 Mine
Vaca Mine

Latitude: 22°17'59"N
Longitude: 101°35'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.299722222222,-101.58333333333
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 Au Br Cu Fe S Sb 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCopperNonePolybasitePyriteRocksaltStibniteSulphur

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Gold  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Silver  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S484886,84895,84896,849122793
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr1184886,84893,84897,84901,84903,84905,84908,84913,84914,84915,84916227
Gold  (*)CopperAu584886,84894,84896,84899,8491030554
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]684887,84895,84897,84902,84906,84917716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3584886,84901,84903,84915,849161425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21384885,84888,84890,84892,84898,84900,84902,84904,84907,84909,84911,84915,8491639462
Silver  (*)CopperAg584886,84893,84903,84908,849145186
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4484889,84894,84902,84906586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31849123418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS384883,84891,849052045


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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