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Locality Name:
Sahuaripa Municipality, Sonora, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 26248
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26248.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sahuaripa Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
El Encinal
Mulatos
Mulatos Mine
Sahuaripa District

Latitude: 28°47'0"N
Longitude: 108°56'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.783333333333,-108.93583333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumEnargiteEpidote
KaoliniteMolybdeniteNonePolybasitePyritePyrophylliteQuartzScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedrite
Wurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dickite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Litharge  (*)Massicot  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanmartinite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)284531,8453311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18453127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218452527198
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4184533651
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4184533910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1845458173
Gold  (*)CopperAu284531,8453330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318453314640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14184530784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41845335591
Litharge  (*)NonePbO284527,84530139
Massicot  (*)NonePbO384527,84528,84530202
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2484542,84544,84545,84546300
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2384525,84540,845415800
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]284529,84532716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2384525,84533,8454739462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2184533771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2284531,8453361156
Sanmartinite  (*)ColumbiteZn(WO4)1845264
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)384525,84537,845384894
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1845392473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS284536,8453921482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131845335317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41845431655


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