Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Capote Mine, Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 60.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 52.8

mindat Locality ID: 230660
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230660.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	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: Cu Fe H O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Diaspore None Pyrite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	59.9	52.8	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	59.9	52.8	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	59.9	52.8	27198
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	59.9	52.8	7437
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	59.9	52.8	39462

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample 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
Mo-00207	59.6	59	59.3±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	Incremento 3	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	26998	Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Cananea	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00208	59.5	58.9	59.2±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	La Colorada	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	26998	Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Cananea	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
PorphCu-00077	59.6	59	59.3±0.3	Re-Os			Yes		Actinolite, Aikinite, Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Siderite, Sphalerite, Wollastonite	Cu	230618	Buenavista Mine (Cananea Mine), Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Cananea	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
sedznpb-00304	59.9	52.8	59.9–52.8								230660	Capote Mine, Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Capote Basin	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
Mo-00460	60.7	60.1	60.4±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	MR1	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	219934	Maria Mine, Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Maria	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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