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Locality Name:
Buenavista Mine (Cananea Mine), Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 60.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 58.9

mindat Locality ID: 230618
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230618.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buenavista Mine (Cananea Mine), Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°57'38"N
Longitude: 110°19'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.960555555556,-110.33138888889

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

4 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
Mo-0020759.65959.3±0.3Re-Os molybdeniteIncremento 3 YesMolybdenite Mo26998Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, MexicoCananeaBarra et al. (2005)10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605EG100_1605 
Mo-0020859.558.959.2±0.3Re-Os molybdeniteLa Colorada YesMolybdenite Mo26998Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, MexicoCananeaBarra et al. (2005)10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605EG100_1605 
PorphCu-0007759.65959.3±0.3Re-Os     Actinolite, Aikinite, Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Siderite, Sphalerite, WollastoniteCu230618Buenavista Mine (Cananea Mine), Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, MexicoCananeaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
Mo-0046060.760.160.4±0.3Re-Os molybdeniteMR1 YesMolybdenite Mo219934Maria Mine, Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, MexicoMariaBarra et al. (2005)10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605EG100_1605 


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