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:
Carmargo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 26571
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26571.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carmargo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
La Negra Mine
La Perla
Santa Elena
Sierra De Las Encinillas

Latitude: 28°14'12"N
Longitude: 104°17'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.236666666667,-104.29166666667

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Wurtzite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Kirkiite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*	Vanadinite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg I Mg O Pb S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Malachite None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Wurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

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	81803	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	81795,81797,81802,81815	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	81797	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	8	81802,81804,81809,81811,81812,81814,81815,81820	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	81802,81805,81817	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	81813	2600
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	81799	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	81799	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	81799	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	81803	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	81797	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	81795,81797	14640
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	8	81801,81802,81806,81807,81808,81810,81816,81818	180
Kirkiite ()*	None	Pb₁₀Bi₃As₃S₁₉	1	81807	3
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	81795,81797	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	81803	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	81797	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	81797	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	81799	1934
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	81820	605

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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