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Locality Name:
Baja California Sur, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 14966
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14966.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baja California Sur, Mexico": 88
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 69

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bahía Concepcio´n
Comondu Municipality
La Paz Municipality
Laguna Ojo De Liebre
los Cabos Municipality
Mulegé Municipality
Mun. De Los Cabos
Pinos Altos

Latitude: 25°59'3"N
Longitude: 112°8'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.984166666667,-112.13611111111

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 Al As Au Ba Br C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Hg Ir K Mg Mn Na O Os P Pb Rh Ru S Sb Si Sr Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAmorphousAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryte
BerthieriteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCoronaditeCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMicaNolaniteNone
Not in a structural groupPolybasitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltRutileScheelite
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteTitaniteUllmannite

89 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Analcime  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Boleite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Celestine  (*)Celsian  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Crednerite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cumengeite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)Ferrihydrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Jadeite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laurite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Opal  (*)
Paratacamite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Polyhalite  (*)Pseudoboleite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)
Romanèchite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stanfieldite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S281521,815302793
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61815841022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1815848803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O181566470
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1815841627
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51815571310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)381566,81572,815782734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1815661588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)281502,815663250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1815169052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61815022060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2381510,81566,815745509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)381502,81564,8156611547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S41281521,81522,81523,81524,81525,81527,81530,81535,81536,81537,81540,81555343
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7181524450
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)48481566,81572,81573,8157865
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41815665516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11381526,81543,81549843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31815431089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61815721633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr1581507,81508,81509,81511,81513,81515,81519,81520,81528,81532,81538,81539,81540,81541,81542227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)681502,81564,81566,81570,81572,8157827770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2181566309
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1815661252
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)181584100
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1381521,81524,81531,81532,81534,81550,81551,81552,81553,81554,81555,81566,815724979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4481524,81555,81587,81588352
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1815665707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2681518,81525,81535,81549,81555,8156627198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl581511,81512,81532,81533,815551382
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41815823902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O481547,81548,81566,815723531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1815022600
Copper  (*)CopperCu281566,815743846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1815664165
Crednerite  (*)NoneCuMnO218156635
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16281563,81566599
Cumengeite  (*)NonePb21Cu20Cl42(OH)40·6H2O381566,81572,8157843
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O281566,815742970
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)218154567
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61815844135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21815669895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)281566,815898173
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS2181582110
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)218150286
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS781511,81516,81524,81525,81531,81555,8156624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)381563,81564,815747437
Gold  (*)CopperAu381516,81587,8158830554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O681558,81561,81566,81572,81574,815786890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl481556,81558,81561,815661398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3281563,8156614640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16181566243
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS181582119
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS181582154
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O6181584154
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141081517,81521,81522,81524,81525,81527,81530,81535,81540,81555784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41815665591
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2181582226
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4181564229
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)281504,815661487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4281502,8156414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2381510,81566,8157412537
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1815661508
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6181584229
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O281502,815642994
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6281566,81572158
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]181572249
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2281566,81572142
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O181558102
Pseudoboleite  (*)NonePb31Cu24Cl62(OH)48381566,81572,8157833
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2581502,81516,81524,81549,8156639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2381563,81564,815663106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl881523,81524,81531,81535,81555,81566,81572,815781725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2681502,81516,81563,81564,81566,8156861156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO218156388
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10381564,81566,81572312
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1815454894
Silver  (*)CopperAg981507,81511,81516,81519,81520,81527,81533,81539,815665186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1181507,81519,81523,81524,81531,81535,81555,81566,81569,81570,815762473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2281516,81519,81520,81521,81522,81523,81524,81525,81527,81528,81529,81530,81532,81533,81535,81537,81538,81539,81540,81541,81542,8155521482
Stanfieldite  (*)NoneCa4Mg5(PO4)618158114
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31281507,81519,81521,81523,81524,81525,81530,81531,81532,81535,81544,815553418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1815662045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1815661101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13581511,81523,81524,81527,815555317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1815844899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O381502,81563,81566433
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3281524,81535369
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1815841025



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050022Amelia Mine, Arroyo De La Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050022
R060079Amelia Mine, Arroyo De La Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R060079


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