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Locality Name:
Trincheras Municipality, Sonora, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 190183
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190183.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trincheras Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Mur

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Al As Au Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteArseniosideriteCarminiteChenevixiteCopperCoronaditeDiasporeNone
Pharmacosiderite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Akaganeite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cervantite  (*)
Chenevixite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Sewardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite  (*)Coronadite(Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O18459863
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O184598194
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6184598413
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2184598178
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4184598352
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)218459890
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1845983531
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1845987437
Gold  (*)CopperAu18459830554
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)184598492
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O184598428
Sewardite  (*)CarminiteCaFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)21845985


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
X060014Trincheras Municipality, Sonora, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/X060014
R150061Animas Mine, La Mur, Trincheras Municipality, Sonora, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R150061
R060720Animas Mine, La Mur, Trincheras Municipality, Sonora, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R060720

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