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Locality Name:
Terneras Mine, Velardeña, Velardeña District, Cuencamé Municipality, Durango, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 35.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 30.2

mindat Locality ID: 25209
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25209.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Terneras Mine, Velardeña, Velardeña District, Cuencamé Municipality, Durango, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°4'0"N
Longitude: 103°44'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.066666666667,-103.73333333333

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.

Calcite	Melilite	None	Pyrite	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Tetrahedrite	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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H O S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Melilite None Pyrite Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Tetrahedrite Wollastonite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Hillebrandite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Spurrite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	35.1	30.2	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	35.1	30.2	27770
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	35.1	30.2	114
Hillebrandite ()*	None	Ca₂SiO₃(OH)₂	35.1	30.2	17
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	35.1	30.2	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	35.1	30.2	39462
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	35.1	30.2	54
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	35.1	30.2	5317
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	35.1	30.2	1247

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_013	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_013	30.2	30.2	30.2	FT			fluorite			Yes	Fluorite			23070	Velardeña, Velardeña District, Cuencamé Municipality, Durango, Mexico	Velardeña	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029
	sedznpb-00323	35.1	31.7	33.4±1.7							Yes				25945	Velardeña Mine, Velardeña, Velardeña District, Cuencamé Municipality, Durango, Mexico	Velardeña	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110067	Terneras Mine, Velardeña, Velardeña District, Cuencamé Municipality, Durango, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R110067

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