Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cumobabi, La Verde District, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 58.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 58.5

mindat Locality ID: 25845
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25845.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cumobabi, La Verde District, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Molibdeno Deposit
San Judas Mine
Transvaal Deposit

Latitude: 29°52'9"N
Longitude: 109°57'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.869166666667,-109.9625

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.

Betpakdalite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite
Lillianite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carlfriesite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Mendozavilite-NaFe ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Ourayite ()*
Paramendozavilite ()*	Poughite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Betpakdalite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite
Lillianite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

23 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	58.9	58.5	0		8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	58.9	58.5	1	84426	1588
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	58.9	58.5	1	84426	27770
Carlfriesite ()*	None	CaTe⁴⁺₂Te⁶⁺O₈	58.9	58.5	1	84426	4
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	58.9	58.5	3	84425,84426,84427	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	58.9	58.5	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	58.9	58.5	1	84426	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	58.9	58.5	3	84425,84426,84427	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	58.9	58.5	1	84426	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	58.9	58.5	0		5591
Mendozavilite-NaFe ()*	Betpakdalite	[Na₂(H₂O)₁₅Fe³⁺(H₂O)₆][Mo₈P₂Fe³⁺₃O₃₅(OH)₂]	58.9	58.5	1	84426	3
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	58.9	58.5	3	84425,84426,84427	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	58.9	58.5	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	58.9	58.5	1	84426	17380
Ourayite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₃Pb₄Bi₅S₁₃	58.9	58.5	1	84426	24
Paramendozavilite ()*	None	NaAl₄Fe₇(PO₄)₅(PMo₁₂O₄₀)(OH)₁₆·56H₂O	58.9	58.5	1	84426	2
Poughite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₂(SO₄)·3H₂O	58.9	58.5	1	84426	12
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	58.9	58.5	3	84425,84426,84427	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	58.9	58.5	3	84425,84426,84427	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	58.9	58.5	0		5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	58.9	58.5	2	84425,84426	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	58.9	58.5	2	84426,84427	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	58.9	58.5	3	84425,84426,84427	5317

3 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
Mo-00201	58.9	58.5	58.7±0.2	Re-Os	molybdenite	Cumo123	Molybdenite	Mendozavilite-NaFe, Molybdenite, Paramendozavilite	Mo	25845	Cumobabi, La Verde District, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Cumobabi	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00202	58.9	58.5	58.7±0.2	Re-Os	molybdenite	Cumo124	Molybdenite	Mendozavilite-NaFe, Molybdenite, Paramendozavilite	Mo	25845	Cumobabi, La Verde District, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Cumobabi	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
PorphCu-00073	58.9	58.5	58.7±0.2	Re-Os				Albite, Anhydrite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Rutile, Siderite, Sphalerite	Cu	25845	Cumobabi, La Verde District, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Cumobabi	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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