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:
Cacachilas, La Paz Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 25223
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25223.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cacachilas, La Paz Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Animas Mine
Bebelama Mine
Chivato Mine
Esperanza Mine
Jesús María Mine
Luz Mine
San Gregorio Mine
Santa Teresa Mine
Soledad Mine

Latitude: 24°7'33"N
Longitude: 110°6'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.125833333333,-110.10166666667

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	Copper	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

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 Br C Cl Cu H O Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Copper Malachite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Stibnite Tetrahedrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	81510	5509
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	6	81507,81508,81509,81511,81513,81515	227
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	81511,81512	1382
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	81511	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	81510	12537
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	81507,81511	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	81507	2473
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	81507	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	81511	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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