Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 57.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 49.7

mindat Locality ID: 21384
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21384.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Alisito
Soyatita
Tameapa

Latitude: 25°42'32"N
Longitude: 107°21'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.708888888889,-107.35833333333

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	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Gadolinite	Ilvaite	Malachite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Vivianite

Actinolite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Tremolite ()*	Violarite ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 B C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Gadolinite Ilvaite Malachite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite
Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel Vivianite

31 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			1	84068	3419
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	84068	445
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	84075,84083	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	84068	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	57.7	49.7	8	84071,84074,84075,84076,84077,84081,84082,84085	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	57.7	49.7	4	84073,84075,84077,84085	27198
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)			1	84068	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	84068	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	84068	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	84068	814
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	57.7	49.7	3	84068,84075,84085	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	84068	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	57.7	49.7	1	84085	14640
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)			1	84068	197
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	84068	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	57.7	49.7	2	84068,84085	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	57.7	49.7	2	84075,84085	12537
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈			1	84068	161
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	84068	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	57.6	49.7	1	84085	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	57.7	49.7	2	84068,84085	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	84068	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	84068	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	84068	1512
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	84083	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	57.7	49.7	10	84068,84070,84072,84074,84075,84077,84079,84080,84082,84085	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	84068	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	84077,84078	5186
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	84068	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			1	84068	380
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	84068	1025

12 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	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
Mo-00423	57.6	57.2	57.4±0.2	Re-Os	molybdenite	C-1-1	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00424	57.4	57	57.2±0.2	Re-Os	molybdenite	C-1-2	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00425	57.2	56.8	57.0±0.2	Re-Os	molybdenite	C-1-3	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00426	52.3	51.7	52.0±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	G-14	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00427	56.1	55.5	55.8±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	G-15	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00428	53.2	52.6	52.9±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	V-12-1	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00429	52.9	52.3	52.6±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	V-12-2	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00430	50.4	49.8	50.1±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	V1E-1	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00431	50.3	49.7	50.0±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	V1E-2	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00432	52.3	51.7	52.0±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	V-20-1	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00433	51.9	51.3	51.6±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	V-20-2	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
PorphCu-00340	57.7	49.7	57.4±0.3 – 50±0.3 (Re-Os)					Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

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