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Locality Name:
Cuatro Hermanos Cu Deposit, El Realito, Suaqui Grande Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 55.4

mindat Locality ID: 228088
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228088.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cuatro Hermanos Cu Deposit, El Realito, Suaqui Grande Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°23'10"N
Longitude: 109°39'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.386111111111,-109.65694444444

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Pyrite

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: Al Au C Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Malachite Mica Molybdenite None
Pyrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	56	55.4	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	56	55.4	27198
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	56	55.4	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	56	55.4	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	56	55.4	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	56	55.4	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	56	55.4	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	56	55.4	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	56	55.4	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	56	55.4	39462

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	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	Age Notes
	Mo-00477	56	55.4	55.7±0.3	Re-Os			molybdenite	CH-26			Molybdenite		Mo	228088	Cuatro Hermanos Cu Deposit, El Realito, Suaqui Grande Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Cuatro Hermanos	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
	PorphCu-00671	56	55.4	55.7±0.3	Re-Os								Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	228088	Cuatro Hermanos Cu Deposit, El Realito, Suaqui Grande Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Cuatro Hermanos	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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