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Locality Name:
Peñoles, San Pedro Del Gallo Municipality, Durango, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 19191
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19191.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peñoles, San Pedro Del Gallo Municipality, Durango, Mexico": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Abundancia Mine
Bufa Mine
Corazón De Jesús Mine
Cruz Mine
Descubridora Mine
Guadalupe Mine
Jesús María Mine
Peñoles Mine
Potosí Mine
Providencia Mine
San Antonio Mine
San Rafael Mine
San Salvador Mine

Latitude: 25°33'0"N
Longitude: 104°17'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.55,-104.29972222222

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 Au Br C Ca Cu Fe H I O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteChalcopyriteCopperDiasporeGarnetGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PolybasitePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteWurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1826692793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2282660,826645509
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr282663,82669227
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)282668,826704979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218266427198
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)282660,826647437
Gold  (*)CopperAu18266230554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31826661544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1826596890
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI182669180
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2282660,8266412537
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]182669716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3282665,826691425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2682658,82661,82664,82666,82667,8266939462
Silver  (*)CopperAg1826695186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS382664,82666,8266921482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4182669586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31826643418
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1826661101



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