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Locality Name:
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 2318
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2318.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
America Dos
America Poniente
La Campana Vein
La Cigueña Vein
La Esperanza
Monterrey Shaft
Palomas Oriente
San Diego
San Juan Poniente
San Judas Chimney
San Juditas
Santo Domingo

Latitude: 25°47'36"N
Longitude: 103°47'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.793333333333,-103.79083333333

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sr U V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteArthuriteAutunite
BaryteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteCalciteCarminiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChenevixiteClaringbullite
ClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeEnargite
EpidoteEpsomiteFluoriteGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteHureauliteKaoliniteLöllingite
LepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMiniumMolybdeniteMurdochiteNatrochalciteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPectolitePharmacosideritePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteSymplesiteTarbuttiteTetrahedriteVivianite
Wurtzite

138 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)
Arsendescloizite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Austinite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Berzelianite  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Claringbullite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)
Dussertite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Feitknechtite  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Goslarite  (*)Grossular  (*)Groutite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)
Hausmannite  (*)Hedyphane  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kobyashevite  (*)
Köttigite  (*)Legrandite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Litharge  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Lotharmeyerite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Manganlotharmeyerite  (*)Mapimite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Metaköttigite  (*)Miguelromeroite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Murdochite  (*)Nantokite  (*)Ogdensburgite  (*)Ojuelaite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Paradamite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Pickeringite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)
Realgar  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Sauconite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Scrutinyite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Sewardite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Symplesite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tsumcorite  (*)
Umangite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Valentinite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Woodruffite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)Zincrosasite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)662.6682516,82517,82519,82521,82522,82523254
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)662.6282512,825212734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2662.603092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)662.61825223250
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)662.6024
Arsendescloizite  (*)AdelitePbZn(AsO4)(OH)662.618252320
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O662.6282512,82522194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS662.609052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6662.6182521919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)662.6282512,8251971
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2662.61825215509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)662.618252111547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2662.60172
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)662.618251866
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6662.60413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7662.6182521450
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi662.61825181966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3662.61825181935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4662.605516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11662.60843
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6662.61825211633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)662.6582512,82513,82516,82517,8252127770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2662.6382512,82516,82521178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2662.61825185171
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)662.601252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)662.61825214979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4662.60352
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O662.60925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S662.61825125707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O662.6282517,82522197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2662.6027198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2662.618252190
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl662.61825221382
Claringbullite  (*)ClaringbulliteCu2+4FCl(OH)6662.618252113
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe662.60281
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)662.6182521363
Copper  (*)CopperCu662.603846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS662.604165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16662.60599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O662.61825212970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2662.60144
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)662.60378
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6662.61825184135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2662.609895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)662.60220
Dussertite  (*)AluniteBaFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6662.6033
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2662.6182518246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4662.6182518910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)662.608173
Feitknechtite  (*)NoneMn3+O(OH)662.6019
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O662.60345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2662.61825179617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS662.618251824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)662.61825167437
Gold  (*)CopperAu662.6030554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O662.60188
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3662.601544
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)662.6072
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O662.6282519,825216890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O662.60409
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4662.6282512,82521350
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl662.618252148
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3662.6014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O662.6482517,82521,82522,825241689
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O662.60251
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6662.61825131066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14662.60784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6662.61825192228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4662.605591
Kobyashevite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu5(SO4)2(OH)6·4H2O662.603
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O662.6060
Legrandite  (*)NoneZn2(AsO4)(OH)·H2O662.6282519,8252020
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)662.60581
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)662.6182524234
Litharge  (*)NonePbO662.60139
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2662.60762
Lotharmeyerite  (*)NatrochalciteCaZn2(AsO4)2·2H2O662.61825164
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4662.6014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2662.6282512,8252112537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)662.60770
Manganlotharmeyerite  (*)NatrochalciteCaMn3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2662.61825163
Mapimite  (*)NoneZn2Fe3+3(AsO4)3(OH)4·10H2O662.61825192
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2662.61825185674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO662.60202
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O662.60915
Metaköttigite  (*)Symplesite(Zn,Fe3+)3(AsO4)2·8(H2O,OH)662.601
Miguelromeroite  (*)HureauliteMn5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2(H2O)4662.605
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl662.6682512,82513,82515,82521,82523,825241107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4662.60247
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2662.605800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)662.60362
Murdochite  (*)MurdochiteCu12Pb2O15Cl2662.6282513,8251734
Nantokite  (*)SphaleriteCuCl662.6035
Ogdensburgite  (*)NoneCa2Fe3+4Zn(AsO4)4(OH)6·6H2O662.61825164
Ojuelaite  (*)ArthuriteZnFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O662.61825197
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)662.60492
Paradamite  (*)TarbuttiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)662.6282519,825206
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O662.60124
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)662.60363
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O662.6182521428
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O662.60265
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2662.6282513,82517158
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6662.6182521477
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3662.601425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2662.6039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2662.603106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl662.601725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8662.61825189056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2662.6061156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO2662.6088
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS662.60712
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10662.60312
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2662.6282513,82521454
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O662.6056
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O662.61825221153
Scrutinyite  (*)ColumbitePbO2662.606
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6662.60134
Sewardite  (*)CarminiteCaFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2662.605
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)662.606417
Silver  (*)CopperAg662.61825215186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)662.6582516,82517,82519,82520,825222473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS662.6021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4662.6182518668
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)662.6182512446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3662.61825123418
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O662.6092
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13662.601803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO662.601101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13662.605317
Tsumcorite  (*)NatrochalcitePbZn2(AsO4)2·2H2O662.6029
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se2662.618251871
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O662.60890
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3662.60369
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl662.60605
Woodruffite  (*)NoneZn2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10·4H2O662.6025
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4662.6482513,82515,82521,825241655
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O662.60185
Zincrosasite  (*)Malachite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2662.6028



1 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
sedznpb-00312662.6Tertiary        2318Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, MexicoMapimiSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R040130Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R040130
R050020Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050020
R100184Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R100184
R060947Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R060947
R050605Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050605
R040167Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R040167
R090014Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R090014
R050635Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050635
R160001Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R160001
R110035Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R110035
R130695Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R130695
R050582Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050582
R070605Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R070605
R120007Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R120007
R100183Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R100183
R100185Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R100185


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