Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Sombrerete, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36
Youngest recorded age at locality: 30

mindat Locality ID: 2380
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2380.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sombrerete, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bartolo Mine
Blanca Mine (Mina La Blanca)
Joya Mine
Negra Mine
Pabellón Mine
San Antonio Mine
Sombrerete Mine
Tocayos Mine
Trinidad Mine
Veta Negra Mine

Latitude: 23°37'59"N
Longitude: 103°39'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.633055555556,-103.65

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Topaz

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Topaz ()*	Valentinite ()*

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 Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F O Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Topaz

18 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	36	30	4	84945,84947,84948,84950	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	36	30	1	84948	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	36	30	1	84946	5516
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	36	30	2	84948,84950	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	36	30	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	36	30	3	84941,84948,84949	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	36	30	1	84950	1382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	36	30	1	84943	9895
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	35	30	1	84947	784
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	36	30	1	84942	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	36	30	1	84950	300
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	36	30	3	84945,84948,84950	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	36	30	3	84944,84945,84948	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	36	30	1	84948	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	36	30	1	84948	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	36	30	1	84950	5186
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	36	30	0		1476
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	36	30	0		369

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_033	epithermal

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run 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	Age Notes
	EG98_1029_tbl_1_033	36	36	36	K-Ar										2380	Sombrerete, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico	Sombrerete	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029
	sedznpb-00321	35	30	35–30											23184	Sombrerete Mine, Sombrerete, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico	Sombrerete	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060516	Sombrerete, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R060516

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