Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 22538
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22538.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Guerrero Negro
Lucifer (San Lucifer)
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosalía
Vizcaíno Peninsula

Latitude: 27°20'25"N
Longitude: 113°'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.340277777778,-113.01388888889

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Ramsdellite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Sulphur	Titanite	Ullmannite

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Na O Os P Pb Rh Ru S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Analcime Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gypsum
Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Ramsdellite
Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Sulphur Titanite Ullmannite

67 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Analcime ()*	Anglesite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boleite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Celestine ()*
Celsian ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Crednerite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Cumengeite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Erlichmanite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Jadeite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Laurite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Opal ()*	Paratacamite ()*
Pearceite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Pseudoboleite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramsdellite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Stanfieldite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Todorokite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	81584	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	81584	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	81566	470
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	81584	1627
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	3	81566,81572,81578	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	81566	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	81566	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	81566,81574	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	81564,81566	11547
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	4	81566,81572,81573,81578	65
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	81566	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	81572	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	81564,81566,81570,81572,81578	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	81566	309
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	81566	1252
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	81584	100
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	81566,81572	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	81566	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	81566	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	81582	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	81566,81572	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	81566,81574	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	81566	4165
Crednerite ()*	None	CuMnO₂	1	81566	35
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	2	81563,81566	599
Cumengeite ()*	None	Pb₂₁Cu₂₀Cl₄₂(OH)₄₀·6H₂O	3	81566,81572,81578	43
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	81566,81574	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	81584	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	81566	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	81566	8173
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	1	81582	110
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	81566	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	81563,81564,81574	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	5	81561,81566,81572,81574,81578	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	81561,81566	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	81563,81566	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	81566	243
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	1	81582	119
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1	81582	154
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	1	81584	154
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	81566	5591
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	81582	226
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	81564	229
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	81566	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	81564	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	81566,81574	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	81566	1508
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	81584	229
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	81564	2994
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	2	81566,81572	158
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	81572	249
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	2	81566,81572	142
Pseudoboleite ()*	None	Pb₃₁Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	3	81566,81572,81578	33
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	81566	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3	81563,81564,81566	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	3	81566,81572,81578	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	81563,81564,81566,81568	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂	1	81563	88
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	3	81564,81566,81572	312
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	81566	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	4	81566,81569,81570,81576	2473
Stanfieldite ()*	None	Ca₄Mg₅(PO₄)₆	1	81581	14
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	81566	2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	81566	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	81584	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	2	81563,81566	433
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	81584	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050022	Amelia Mine, Arroyo De La Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R050022
R060079	Amelia Mine, Arroyo De La Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R060079

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