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:
Concepción Del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 20175
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20175.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Concepción Del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Albarradón
Aranzazú
Bonanza
Concepción Del Oro
El Cobre

Latitude: 24°37'26"N
Longitude: 101°26'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.623888888889,-101.43333333333

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Bournonite	Brochantite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet
Malachite	Mica	Mixite	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Tetrahedrite	Tobermorite	Turquoise	Wurtzite

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Bournonite Brochantite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Garnet
Malachite Mica Mixite None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Tetrahedrite Tobermorite Turquoise Wurtzite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Iodargyrite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Litharge ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Massicot ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mixite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tobermorite ()*	Turquoise ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	84730	2793
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	84748	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	84745,84748,84751	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	84730	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	6	84730,84741,84745,84747,84748,84751	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	84730,84748	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2	84730,84748	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	84737,84745	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	84729,84730,84732,84745,84748,84751	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	84730	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	84729	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	84729,84736,84742,84747,84751	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	84728	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	84735,84739,84751	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	84750	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	84730,84751	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	84730	2970
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	84747	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	84729	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	84748	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	84730,84749	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	5	84730,84741,84748,84750,84751	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	84751,84754	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	84736	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	84736,84751	14640
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	1	84728	180
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	84748	784
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	5	84728,84733,84734,84738,84740	139
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	84731	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	8	84730,84741,84745,84747,84748,84750,84751,84759	12537
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	4	84728,84733,84734,84738	202
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	84744	1107
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	84748	168
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	84729	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	84736	471
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	84751	492
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	84744	306
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	84730	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	84729,84730,84745,84748,84749,84750,84751	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	84733	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	84729,84730,84732,84736,84745,84747,84748,84749,84750,84751	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2	84749,84751	1153
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	84744	241
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	13	84730,84745,84746,84748,84749,84752,84753,84754,84755,84756,84757,84759,84760	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	84745	189
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	84730	586
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	1	84749	156
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	4	84729,84732,84747,84751	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	84751	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	84732,84748	5317
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	1	84745	114
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	84748	484

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050310	Concepción Del Oro, Concepción Del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R050310
R050438	Concepción Del Oro, Concepción Del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R050438

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