Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pilares Mine, Los Pilares De Nacozari, Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 132
Youngest recorded age at locality: 53

mindat Locality ID: 18441
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18441.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pilares Mine, Los Pilares De Nacozari, Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°20'0"N
Longitude: 109°38'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.333333333333,-109.63333333333

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	132	53	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	132	53	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	132	53	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	132	118	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	132	118	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	132	53	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	132	118	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	132	118	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	132	53	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	132	53	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	132	118	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	132	118	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	132	53	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	132	53	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	132	118	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	132	53	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	132	118	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	132	118	21482

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	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
Mo-00209	54.1	53.3		Re-Os	molybdenite	Yes	Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite, Molybdite	Mo	27090	Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico		Valencia et al. (2005)	10.1007/s00126-005-0480-1	MD40_175
PorphCu-00056	53	53	53						Cu	18441	Pilares Mine, Los Pilares De Nacozari, Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Nacozari	Singer et al. (2005)		USGSOFR2005_1060
PorphCu-00057	132	118	132–118					Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Jarosite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite	Cu	18441	Pilares Mine, Los Pilares De Nacozari, Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Pilares	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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