Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Rayón, Rayón Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 187862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rayón, Rayón Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mitchell Project
Socorro Mine

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.

Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore	None	Scheelite

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: As Cl Fe H Mo O Pb S V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Corundum Descloizite Diaspore None Scheelite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	84519	9052
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	84518	378
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	84519	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	84519	14640
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	84518	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	84518,84519	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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