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Locality Name:
Cusihuiriáchic, Cusihuiriáchic Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 21204
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21204.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cusihuiriáchic, Cusihuiriáchic Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Buenos Aires Mine
Burro Mine
Candelaria Mine
Durana Mine
Gloria Mine
Grande Mine
Madrono Mine
Mexicana Mine
Palma Mine
Princesa Mine
Reina Mine
San Antonio Mine
San Bartolo Mine
San Francisco Mine
San Miguel Mine
San Nicolás Mine
San Nicolasito Mine
San Saturnino Mine
Santa María Mine
Santo Niño Mine
Soledad Mine

Latitude: 28°14'0"N
Longitude: 106°49'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.233333333333,-106.83305555556

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 As Au Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperEpsomiteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibnite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Goslarite  (*)Litharge  (*)Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Silver  (*)
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  (*)AcanthiteAg2S381899,81900,819082793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1819082734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2581904,81907,81908,81911,819135509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41819095516
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr181908227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18190827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)281909,819194979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1819085707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2381908,81909,8191527198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1819091382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1819093531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O281909,819192970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS281909,8191924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu18190830554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O181908188
Litharge  (*)NonePbO181909139
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2281908,8190912537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO181909202
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]181908716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3181908733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21081900,81901,81906,81909,81910,81911,81912,81913,81917,8191839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2381899,81900,8190861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1819081711
Silver  (*)CopperAg1819085186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS781901,81902,81903,81905,81906,81910,8191121482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4281909,81917586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31281901,81902,81903,81905,81906,81910,81911,81912,81913,81914,81916,819173418



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