Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Paz Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 25224
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25224.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Paz Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico": 52
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 48

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Cacachilas
El Triunfo District
La Paz
Rancho Naranjo
San Antonio District
San Jose Island
Todos Santos

Latitude: 23°43'30"N
Longitude: 110°4'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.725,-110.075

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	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Copper	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Berthierite ()*
Bindheimite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Halite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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 Au Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Na O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Berthierite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Copper Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Stibnite Tetrahedrite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	81521,81530	2793
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	81557	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	81516	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	81510	5509
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	12	81521,81522,81523,81524,81525,81527,81530,81535,81536,81537,81540,81555	343
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	81524	450
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	3	81526,81543,81549	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	81543	1089
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	15	81507,81508,81509,81511,81513,81515,81519,81520,81528,81532,81538,81539,81540,81541,81542	227
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	11	81521,81524,81531,81532,81534,81550,81551,81552,81553,81554,81555	4979
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	2	81524,81555	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	81518,81525,81535,81549,81555	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	5	81511,81512,81532,81533,81555	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	81547,81548	3531
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	81545	67
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	81511,81516,81524,81525,81531,81555	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	81516	30554
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	81556	1398
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	10	81517,81521,81522,81524,81525,81527,81530,81535,81540,81555	784
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	81510	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	81516,81524,81549	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	5	81523,81524,81531,81535,81555	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	81516	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	81545	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	8	81507,81511,81516,81519,81520,81527,81533,81539	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	7	81507,81519,81523,81524,81531,81535,81555	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	22	81516,81519,81520,81521,81522,81523,81524,81525,81527,81528,81529,81530,81532,81533,81535,81537,81538,81539,81540,81541,81542,81555	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	12	81507,81519,81521,81523,81524,81525,81530,81531,81532,81535,81544,81555	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5	81511,81523,81524,81527,81555	5317
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	2	81524,81535	369

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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