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:
Mazapil Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 20179
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20179.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mazapil Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
El Aguila
Mazapil
Noche Buena
Santa Rosa
Sierra De Santa Rosa

Latitude: 24°40'4"N
Longitude: 101°36'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.667777777778,-101.60944444444

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	Allophane	Apatite	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	Geocronite	Gypsum	Iron	Malachite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur
Tetrahedrite	Tobermorite	Turquoise

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Apatite Apophyllite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite Geocronite Gypsum Iron Malachite Natrolite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur
Tetrahedrite Tobermorite Turquoise

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Iron ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jordanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Massicot ()*	Mercury ()*	Mimetite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Okenite ()*	Pharmacolite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Prosopite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tobermorite ()*	Troilite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Wüstite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	84836	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	5	84810,84811,84820,84827,84831	2734
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	84815	194
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	84833	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	9	84808,84809,84811,84813,84815,84817,84819,84821,84825	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	84833	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	84815,84821	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	84833	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	84833	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	84815,84833	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	84806,84807	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	84814,84821,84836	4979
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	84838	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	84815,84833,84836	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	84815,84821	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	3	84812,84830,84836	2600
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	84815,84821	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	84823	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	84833,84836	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	84836	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	84816	2812
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	1	84833	85
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	84816	1089
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	84833	784
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	1	84833	105
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	84816	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	84808,84817,84821,84836	12537
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	2	84825,84836	202
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	2	84812,84830	397
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	84836	1107
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	84833	1236
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	1	84833	71
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	84815	105
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	84824	716
Prosopite ()*	None	CaAl₂F₄(OH)₄	2	84834,84836	39
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	84833	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	84833,84834	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	84836	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	84833	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	84815,84833	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	84833	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	84833	1711
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	84816	374
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	84833	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	84818,84833,84836	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	84822	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	84833,84834,84836	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	84826	2045
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	84816	703
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	84833	5317
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	1	84833	114
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	84816	1044
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	4	84828,84829,84830,84836	484
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	84836	1655
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	1	84816	74

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R040035	Mazapil, Mazapil Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R040035
R050436	Noche Buena Mine, Noche Buena, Mazapil Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R050436

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