Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
San Martín-Sabinas District, San Martín, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36
Youngest recorded age at locality: 36

mindat Locality ID: 20182
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20182.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Martín-Sabinas District, San Martín, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
25th Of October Mine
Parroquia Mine
Sabinas Mine
San Martín Mine
San Pantaleón De La Noria (La Noria De San Pantaleón)

Latitude: 23°39'44"N
Longitude: 103°45'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.662222222222,-103.75083333333

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Berthierite	Bournonite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Ilvaite
Malachite	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Xanthoconite

Actinolite ()*	Adamite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Berthierite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Datolite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Powellite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wickmanite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Xanthoconite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Apophyllite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Berthierite Bournonite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Epidote Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Ilvaite
Malachite Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Xanthoconite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	36	36	0		3419
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	36	36	1	84935	254
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	36	36	0		9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	36	36	1	84935	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	36	36	1	84935	11547
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	36	36	1	84936	343
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	36	36	3	84935,84936,84938	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	36	36	0		843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	36	36	0		1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	36	36	4	84933,84935,84936,84938	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	36	36	1	84935	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	36	36	3	84935,84936,84938	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	36	36	1	84935	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	36	36	1	84935	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	36	36	1	84934	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	36	36	2	84936,84938	4165
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	36	36	1	84936	498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	36	36	0		8173
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	36	36	1	84936	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	36	36	3	84935,84936,84938	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	36	36	2	84935,84936	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	36	36	2	84935,84936	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	36	36	2	84935,84936	741
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	36	36	0		197
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	36	36	2	84936,84938	784
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	36	36	1	84936	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	36	36	1	84939	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	36	36	2	84935,84936	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	36	36	2	84935,84936	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	36	36	1	84935	1898
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	36	36	1	84936	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	36	36	1	84938	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	36	36	2	84936,84938	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	36	36	1	84936	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	36	36	2	84935,84936	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	36	36	2	84935,84936	4894
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	36	36	1	84936	390
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	36	36	3	84935,84936,84938	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	36	36	3	84935,84936,84938	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	36	36	1	84936	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	36	36	3	84933,84936,84938	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	36	36	0		1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	36	36	1	84936	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	36	36	0		2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	36	36	0		1395
Wickmanite ()*	Perovskite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺(OH)₆	36	36	1	84936	24
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	36	36	0		1247
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	36	36	1	84936	89

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_033	epithermal

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	EG98_1029_tbl_1_033	36	36	36	K-Ar						Yes				2380	Sombrerete, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico	Sombrerete	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050303	San Martín Mine, San Martín-Sabinas District, San Martín, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R050303

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