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Locality Name:
San Judas Mine, Cumobabi, La Verde District, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 58.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 58.5

mindat Locality ID: 21025
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21025.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Judas Mine, Cumobabi, La Verde District, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°52'10"N
Longitude: 109°57'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.869444444444,-109.96277777778
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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BetpakdaliteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFluoriteLillianiteMicaMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carlfriesite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Mendozavilite-NaFe  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Ourayite  (*)Paramendozavilite  (*)Poughite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)58.958.501588
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)58.958.5027770
Carlfriesite  (*)NoneCaTe4+2Te6+O858.958.504
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS258.958.5027198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF258.958.509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS58.958.5024243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O358.958.505433
Mendozavilite-NaFe  (*)Betpakdalite[Na2(H2O)15Fe3+(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe3+3O35(OH)2]58.958.503
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS258.958.505800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)258.958.5017380
Ourayite  (*)LillianiteAg3Pb4Bi5S1358.958.5024
Paramendozavilite  (*)NoneNaAl4Fe7(PO4)5(PMo12O40)(OH)16·56H2O58.958.502
Poughite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)·3H2O58.958.5012
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS258.958.5039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO258.958.5061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)58.958.506417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS58.958.5021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1358.958.505317


3 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
Mo-0020158.958.558.7±0.2Re-Os molybdeniteCumo123 YesMolybdeniteMendozavilite-NaFe, Molybdenite, ParamendozaviliteMo25845Cumobabi, La Verde District, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, MexicoCumobabiBarra et al. (2005)10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605EG100_1605 
Mo-0020258.958.558.7±0.2Re-Os molybdeniteCumo124 YesMolybdeniteMendozavilite-NaFe, Molybdenite, ParamendozaviliteMo25845Cumobabi, La Verde District, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, MexicoCumobabiBarra et al. (2005)10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605EG100_1605 
PorphCu-0007358.958.558.7±0.2Re-Os    YesAlbite, Anhydrite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Rutile, Siderite, SphaleriteCu25845Cumobabi, La Verde District, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, MexicoCumobabiSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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