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Locality Name:
Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 26441
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26441.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Hechiceros
Lajitas
Manuel Benavides
San Carlos
Sierra Rica
Tres Marias Mine

Latitude: 29°6'9"N
Longitude: 103°51'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.1025,-103.85583333333

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: Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumDescloizite
DiasporeEpsomiteFluoriteMarcasiteMiniumNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteTetrahedriteWurtzite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Descloizite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hedyphane  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Minium  (*)Opal  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21820163419
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)282012,820182734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21820175509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18201811547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41820165516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)282016,8201827770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1820101184
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21820085171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)382012,82017,820184979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218201627198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1820182600
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)182018378
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2382016,82017,820189895
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O182016484
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2282017,820189617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS482012,82014,82016,8201824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1820187437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS182018717
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl18201648
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3282016,8201814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O282012,820181689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61820161066
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418201614899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21820185674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl282016,820181107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4282012,82018247
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1820182994
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6182018477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2282016,8201839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2382015,82017,8201861156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1820182473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS282016,8201821482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)182016978
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131820165317
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl182016605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4182018303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4382016,82017,820181655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS182018372



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