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Locality Name:
Guanaceví, Guanaceví Municipality, Durango, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 38.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 38.7

mindat Locality ID: 27011
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27011.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guanaceví, Guanaceví Municipality, Durango, Mexico": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 44

Number of Child Localities: 44
Child Localities:
Animas Mine
Arianena Mine
Barradon Mine
Caldas Mine
Capuzaya Mine (Capuzalla Mine)
Carmen Mine
Chica Mine
Cruz Mine
Dos Repúblicas Mine
Farmy Mine
Fortuna Mine
Guadalupe Mine
Guanaceví Mine
Luz Mine
Manzanilla Mine
Mexicanna Mine
Nuevo Porvenir Mine
Paleros Mine
Pelayo Mine
Probidad Mine
Republicana Mine
Rosario Mine
Salto Mine
San Francisco Mine
San Gil Mine
San Gonzalo Mine
San Joaquín Mine
San José Mine
San Juan De Los Llanitos Mine
San Luis Mine
San Marcos Mine
Santa Ana Mine
Santa Elodia Mine
Santa Rosa Mine
Sembranena Mine
Sierra De San Lorenzo Mine
Sierra Santa Mine
Sirena Mine
Socavón De San José Mine
Soledad Mine
Soto Mine
Unión Mine
Verde Mine
Veta Capuzaya Mine

Latitude: 25°55'59"N
Longitude: 105°56'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.933055555556,-105.94972222222

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Mn O Pb S Sb Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCopperEpsomiteFluoriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Goslarite  (*)Litharge  (*)Massicot  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Silver  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S38.738.7282426,824282793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)238.738.7282421,824385509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS438.738.7382419,82441,824545516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1138.738.7182459843
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS38.738.71824192600
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF238.738.71824559617
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS338.738.7182459105
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O38.738.7182441188
Litharge  (*)NonePbO38.738.7382420,82421,82438139
Massicot  (*)NonePbO38.738.7482420,82421,82438,82452202
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]38.738.7382435,82438,82441716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS338.738.7482424,82429,82444,824481425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS238.738.72882417,82419,82422,82423,82424,82425,82427,82430,82431,82433,82434,82436,82437,82439,82440,82442,82443,82445,82446,82447,82448,82449,82450,82451,82454,82456,82457,8245839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S838.738.71824369056
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O1038.738.7182431312
Silver  (*)CopperAg38.738.7382418,82438,824415186
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO38.738.7282438,824601101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1338.738.7882419,82427,82432,82434,82441,82453,82454,824595317



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_006epithermal


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_00638.738.7<38.7?K-Ar       27011Guanaceví, Guanaceví Municipality, Durango, MexicoGuanacevíCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 


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