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Locality Name:
Noria De Angeles Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 46.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 44.1

mindat Locality ID: 20178
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20178.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Noria De Angeles Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Noria De Angeles (Noria De Los Angeles)

Latitude: 22°26'0"N
Longitude: 101°54'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.433333333333,-101.9

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 As Au Ba Br C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteBerthieriteChalcopyriteCopperNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksalt
SphaleriteStibnite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Gold  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S46.344.1584849,84850,84851,84861,848642793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS46.344.11848529052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)246.344.1384855,84856,848685509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)46.344.1284847,8485211547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S446.344.1284847,84852343
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS446.344.1284854,848595516
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr46.344.1184865227
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S46.344.1284863,848645707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS246.344.1484852,84853,84860,8486827198
Gold  (*)CopperAu46.344.1284858,8486230554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1446.344.1184866784
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS346.344.1484857,84865,84866,848671425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS246.344.1384847,84850,8485239462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS46.344.1384849,84850,8486421482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS446.344.1484847,84852,84858,84867586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S346.344.1284847,848523418



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_032epithermal


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_03245.245.245.2FT fluorite   Fluorite  19389Real De Los Angeles Mine, Noria De Angeles (Noria De Los Angeles), Noria De Angeles Municipality, Zacatecas, MexicoReal de ÁngelesCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
sedznpb-0031846.344.145.2±1.1        19389Real De Los Angeles Mine, Noria De Angeles (Noria De Los Angeles), Noria De Angeles Municipality, Zacatecas, MexicoReal de AngelesSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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