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Locality Name:
Bermejillo, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 265941
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265941.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bermejillo, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Plateros Mine
Platosa Mine

Latitude: 25°55'38"N
Longitude: 103°39'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.927222222222,-103.65805555556

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 As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDevillineFluoriteGypsumKtenasite
LinariteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Linarite  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1824952793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1824952734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18249511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18249527770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)282494,824951252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1824954979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218249527198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21824959895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21824959617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18249524243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1824956890
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61824951066
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2182495987
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O18249540
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3182495733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218249539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218249561156
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O182495142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O182495292
Silver  (*)CopperAg1824955186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1824952473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18249521482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050292Platosa Mine, Bermejillo, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050292
R060992Platosa Mine, Bermejillo, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R060992


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