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Locality Name:
Cosalá, Cosalá Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 59.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 57.3

mindat Locality ID: 14601
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14601.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cosalá, Cosalá Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Canas Mine
Candelaria Mine
Clarina Mine
Cobre Mine
Cosalá Mine
Culebra Mine
Dura Mine
Nuestra Señora Mine (Nuestra Mine)
Refugio Mine

Latitude: 24°24'29"N
Longitude: 106°41'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.408055555556,-106.69166666667

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 As Bi C Co Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperNonePolybasitePyriteQuartz
SphaleriteStibnite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S59.757.3284109,841152793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1841169052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31841081935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS459.757.3284111,841155516
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)59.757.31841154979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S59.757.31841155707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2384110,84113,8411627198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS59.757.3284112,84115966
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S559.757.3284112,84115344
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]59.757.3184115716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31841141425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS259.757.3384113,84115,8411639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218411261156
Silver  (*)CopperAg59.757.31841155186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS59.757.3284113,8411521482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO59.757.3284113,841151101



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
sedznpb-0031459.757.358.5±1.2        17132Nuestra Señora Mine (Nuestra Mine), Cosalá, Cosalá Municipality, Sinaloa, MexicoNuestra SeñoraSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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