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Locality Name:
Nayarit, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 22.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 22319
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22319.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nayarit, Mexico": 74
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 49

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Amatlán De Cañas Municipality
Amatlánde Cañas Municipality
Compostela Municipality
Ixtlán Municipality
Jalisco Municipality
La Yesca Municipality
María Del Oro Municipality
Ruiz Municipality
San Blas Municipality
San Pedro Langunillas Municipality
Santa María Del Oro Municipality
Tepic Municipality

Latitude: 21°24'59"N
Longitude: 104°27'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.416388888889,-104.45388888889
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteJalpaite
KaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteNonePyriteRutileSphaleriteSpinelTalcTetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Dickite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Jalpaite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Nacrite  (*)Opal  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S583632,83633,83644,83648,836492793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1836289052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2111.618365911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS422.216.2283652,836795516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS222.216.2583636,83677,83678,83682,8368827198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1836662600
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)422.200651
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2111.61836598173
Gold  (*)CopperAu22.216.2583617,83618,83620,83621,8367430554
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2183688116
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14183630784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)422.2005591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42111.618365814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218366912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2283620,836255674
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)422.200112
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O283639,836432994
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS32111.6783649,83655,83656,83657,83660,83662,83663733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS222.216.2983647,83672,83673,83675,83676,83677,83680,83681,8368339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21836453106
Silver  (*)CopperAg383629,83642,836465186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS22.216.2983619,83620,83632,83633,83644,83648,83649,83685,8368621482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4183622586
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22111.61836593337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132111.6783655,83656,83657,83660,83661,83662,836635317


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_024epithermal
EG98_1029_tbl_1_025epithermal
EG98_1029_tbl_1_026epithermal
Emily000396represents the last silicic volcanism in the area
Emily000397ignimbrite located near the mineralized area
Emily000398basaltic dike that cut the mineralization
Emily000399rhyolites 3 km to the southwest of the mining area


9 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
NAVDAT-43472300.51+2.49/-0.51   43472    10766Dolores Mine, Ixtlán Del Rio (Ixtlán), Ixtlán Municipality, Nayarit, Mexico NAVDAT NAVDAT 
EG98_1029_tbl_1_0242121~21?Ar/Ar       21836El Zopilote (Zopilote), Ruiz Municipality, Nayarit, MexicoEl ZopiloteCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
Emily00039617.116.917±0.1  whole rock     21836El Zopilote (Zopilote), Ruiz Municipality, Nayarit, MexicoEl Zopilote district, NayaritCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
Emily00039713.612.813.2±0.4  whole rock     21836El Zopilote (Zopilote), Ruiz Municipality, Nayarit, MexicoEl Zopilote district, NayaritCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
Emily00039812.211.611.9±0.3  whole rock     21836El Zopilote (Zopilote), Ruiz Municipality, Nayarit, MexicoEl Zopilote district, NayaritCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
EG98_1029_tbl_1_0252121~21?Ar/Ar       26687Yesca Mine, El Zopilote (Zopilote), Ruiz Municipality, Nayarit, MexicoLa YescaCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
EG98_1029_tbl_1_0262121~21?Ar/Ar       29579Santa María Del Oro, Santa María Del Oro Municipality, Nayarit, MexicoSanta María del OroCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
Emily00039922.220.421.3±0.9  whole rock     29579Santa María Del Oro, Santa María Del Oro Municipality, Nayarit, MexicoSanta Maria del Oro, NayaritCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
Emily00040018.216.217.2±1  whole rock     29579Santa María Del Oro, Santa María Del Oro Municipality, Nayarit, MexicoSanta Maria del Oro, NayaritCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 

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