Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1440.015
Youngest recorded age at locality: 52.8

mindat Locality ID: 2354
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2354.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cananea
Cuitaca

Latitude: 31°0'56"N
Longitude: 110°22'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.015555555556,-110.37888888889

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Meneghinite
Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Parisite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Turquoise	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*
Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paratellurite ()*
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tellurite ()*	Tellurium ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Turquoise ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Meneghinite
Mica Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Parisite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Turquoise Wollastonite Wurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1440.015	52.8	1	84315	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	59.6	59	1	84315	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	59.6	59	1	84315	315
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	63	59	2	84315,84325	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	60.7	60.1	1	84322	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	60.7	58.9	1	84321	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	60.7	60.1	1	84322	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	59.9	52.8	2	84315,84317	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	63	52.8	3	84315,84317,84325	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	63	52.8	5	84315,84317,84320,84322,84325	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	63	59	0		3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	59.6	59	1	84315	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	59.6	59	1	84315	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	59.6	59	1	84315	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	60.7	60.1	1	84322	648
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	59.6	59	1	84315	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	59.6	59	1	84315	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	60.7	60.1	2	84315,84322	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	59.6	59	3	84315,84320,84321	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	63	52.8	2	84317,84325	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	63	59	2	84315,84325	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	63	63	1	84325	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	63	63	1	84325	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	59.6	59	1	84315	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	63	59	2	84315,84325	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	63	63	1	84325	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	60.7	60.1	2	84315,84322	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	60.7	60.1	1	84322	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	63	58.9	4	84315,84321,84322,84325	17380
Paratellurite ()*	Rutile	TeO₂	60.7	58.9	1	84323	20
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	60.7	60.1	1	84322	112
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1440.015	52.8	1	84315	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	63	52.8	4	84315,84317,84322,84325	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	60.7	58.9	3	84315,84321,84322	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1440.015	52.8	1	84315	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	59.6	59	1	84315	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	59.6	59	1	84315	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	59.6	59	4	84315,84319,84320,84321	21482
Tellurite ()*	None	TeO₂	1440.015	52.8	1	84315	52
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1440.015	52.8	1	84315	190
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	59.6	59	2	84320,84321	5317
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	63	59	2	84315,84325	484
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	59.6	59	1	84315	1247

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000114	biotite adamellite

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	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	Age Notes
Jen_0000114	1440.015	1439.985	1440±0.015	U-Pb	zircon		Zircon			26998	Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Cananea Biotite Adamelite, Sonora, Mexico	Anderson (1983)	10.1130/MEM161-p133	GSAM161_133	anorogenic
Mo-00207	59.6	59	59.3±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	Incremento 3	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	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				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	Molybdenite		Mo	219934	Maria Mine, Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Maria	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
PorphCu-00339	63	63	~63					Alunite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Turquoise	Cu	205994	La Mariquita Mine, Cuitaca, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Mariquita	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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