Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yécora Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 14798
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14798.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yécora Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
La Dura
La Dura Mine
Maria Elena Mine
San Nicolás
Santa Ana
Yécora

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetradymite

Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Lindströmite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Yecoraite ()*

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 Au Bi Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Feldspar Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite
None Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetradymite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	84621,84622,84627	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	84627	4165
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂	2	84621,84622	67
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	84627	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	84618	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	84618	14640
Lindströmite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₃Cu₃Bi₇S₁₅	1	84627	38
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	84627	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	84619,84621,84622	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	84627	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	84618	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	84621,84622,84627	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	84617,84618,84619,84627	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	5	84617,84621,84622,84624,84625	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	84627	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	84627	510
Yecoraite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₃Bi₅O₉(Te⁴⁺O₃)(Te⁶⁺O₄)₂·9H₂O	1	84627	7

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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