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Locality Name:
Álamos, Álamos Municipality, Sonora, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 2352
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2352.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Álamos, Álamos Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Adriana Mine
Animas Mine
Anita Group
Azteca Mine
Aztecita Mine
Caballo Muerto Mine
Chinos Mine
Cuchillo Mine
Doctor Brown Mine (Dr. Brown Mine)
Dura Mine
Empaco Mine
Espíritu Santo Mine
Malaquita Mine
Mezquite Mine
Paloma Mine
Prieta Mine
Quintería Mine
Quinteros Mine
Tepustete Ranch
Tesache Mine
Vallorecas Mine
Veta Grande Mine

Latitude: 27°0'59"N
Longitude: 108°58'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.016388888889,-108.96666666667

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Mg O Pb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCovellite
DiasporeEpidoteGarnetMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPumpellyitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphalerite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alamosite  (*)Andradite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dioptase  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1841972793
Alamosite  (*)Not in a structural groupPbSiO3017
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31841941534
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21841785509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18419511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41841785516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61841781633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18419727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)284181,841824979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S384178,84187,841975707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2684178,84182,84184,84192,84195,8419727198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl384187,84196,841971382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O584175,84178,84188,84190,841933531
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1841941025
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1841784165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O284178,841872970
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O184188164
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1841948173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18419724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1841887437
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2584178,84179,84180,84186,8418812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21841955674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2684176,84183,84184,84185,84189,84191300
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O0106
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2384185,84187,8419739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2384188,84194,8419761156
Silver  (*)CopperAg284187,841975186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18419721482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1841781101



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060067Álamos, Álamos Municipality, Sonora, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R060067
R040085Álamos, Álamos Municipality, Sonora, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R040085


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