Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Candelaria Mine (Candelaria Prospect), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 48
Youngest recorded age at locality: 18

mindat Locality ID: 2335
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2335.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Candelaria Mine (Candelaria Prospect), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°48'0"N
Longitude: 109°40'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.8,-109.66666666667

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	Amorphous	Baryte	Copper	None	Quartz

Baryte ()*	Cliffordite ()*	Emmonsite ()*	Gold ()*	Jarosite ()*
Mackayite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Opal ()*	Poughite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schmitterite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Torbernite ()*

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: Au Ba Cu Fe H K O P S Si Te U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Ba Cu Fe H K O P S Si Te U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Baryte Copper None Quartz

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	48	18	11547
Cliffordite ()*	None	UTe⁴⁺₃O₉	48	18	4
Emmonsite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·2H₂O	48	18	34
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	48	18	30554
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	48	18	2228
Mackayite ()*	None	Fe³⁺Te⁴⁺₂O₅(OH)	48	18	12
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	48	18	443
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	48	18	2994
Poughite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₂(SO₄)·3H₂O	48	18	12
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	48	18	61156
Schmitterite ()*	None	(UO₂)(Te⁴⁺O₃)	48	18	6
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	48	18	190
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	48	18	1059

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	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 ID
Emily000421	42	38	40±2	K-Ar	whole rock	Yes			2359	Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Moctezuma	Deen & Atkinson (1988)	EG83_1841
Hg-00021	48	18		K-Ar		Yes	Aktashite	Hg	2359	Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico		Deen and Atkinson (1988); Camprubi et al. (2003);
Mo-00034	48	18		K-Ar		Yes	Jordisite, Powellite, Wulfenite	Mo	2359	Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico		Camprubi et al. (2003); Deen and Atkinson (1988)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R080026	Candelaria Mine (Candelaria Prospect), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R080026

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