Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Buenaventura Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 21203
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21203.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buenaventura Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ricardo Flores Magón
San Buenaventura
San Lorenzo

Latitude: 29°51'2"N
Longitude: 107°12'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.850555555556,-107.20166666667

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Diaspore	Iron	None	Scheelite

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: C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Ni O P S Sr W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Copper Diaspore Iron None Scheelite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*	Goethite ()*
Iron ()*	Jarosite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Taenite ()*
Tetrataenite ()*	Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	81786	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	81786	1252
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3	81790,81791,81793	3846
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	81792	67
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	81786	7437
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	81788	1089
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	81786	2228
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	81792	4894
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	81788	374
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	81788	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	81788	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	81788	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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