Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 40
Youngest recorded age at locality: 28

mindat Locality ID: 14266
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14266.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Fortuna Mine
Fresnillo
Fresnillo De Gonzalez Echeverria (Fresnillo)
Plateros
Proano Mine

Latitude: 22°18'0"N
Longitude: 101°34'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.3,-101.58277777778

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	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Ilvaite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilvaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Se Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Ilvaite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Stilpnomelane Tetrahedrite Wollastonite

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	32	28	6	84769,84774,84776,84777,84781,84783	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	40	28	0		3419
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	40	28	0		87
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	40	28	0		8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	40	28	0		1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	40	28	0		3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	32	28	1	84771	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	32	28	2	84769,84777	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	32	28	1	84777	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	32	28	1	84781	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	32	28	6	84766,84769,84774,84776,84777,84781	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	32	28	1	84775	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	32	28	1	84772	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	32	28	7	84769,84770,84774,84776,84777,84781,84783	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	32	28	1	84769	1382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	32	28	1	84766	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	32	28	1	84769	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	32	28	1	84781	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	40	28	0		663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	40	28	6	84766,84769,84774,84777,84779,84781	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	40	40	1	84779	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	32	28	2	84769,84774	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	32	28	1	84766	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	32	28	2	84766,84769	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	32	28	1	84777	14640
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	40	28	0		197
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	32	28	1	84769	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	32	28	1	84769	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	32	28	1	84777	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	32	28	2	84774,84777	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	32	28	1	84769	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	32	28	1	84769	17380
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	32	28	1	84775	428
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	32	28	5	84768,84769,84774,84777,84781	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	32	28	1	84777	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	32	28	8	84768,84769,84773,84774,84776,84777,84781,84783	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	32	28	4	84766,84769,84774,84777	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	32	28	2	84769,84777	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	32	28	8	84766,84768,84769,84773,84774,84776,84777,84781	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	32	28	5	84768,84769,84774,84777,84781	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	32	28	6	84766,84769,84774,84776,84777,84781	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	32	28	3	84768,84777,84781	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	32	28	1	84780	3418
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	40	28	0		456
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	32	28	2	84769,84777	5317
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	40	28	0		1247

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_030	epithermal

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	EG98_1029_tbl_1_030	32	28	32–28	K-Ar										4523	Fresnillo De Gonzalez Echeverria (Fresnillo), Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico	Fresnillo	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029
	sedznpb-00317	40	40	40											19156	Providencia Mine, Plateros, Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico	Providencia	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050143	Proano Mine, Fresnillo, Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R050143
R050290	San Guillermo Vein, San Luis Shaft, Proano Mine, Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R050290

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