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:
Heróica Caborca, Caborca Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1710
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1610

mindat Locality ID: 27087
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27087.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Heróica Caborca, Caborca Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Amarilla Mine
Animas Mine
Argentina Mine
Cobriza Esmeralda Mine
Francesa Mine
Grande Mine
Nahuila Mine
Negro Mine
Oro Blanco Mine
Otoña Mine
Pinta Mine
San Felix Mine
Vieja Del Oro Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Brochantite	Carminite	Clay	Copper	Devilline	Mica	None	Rocksalt

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 Br Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Brochantite Carminite Clay Copper Devilline Mica None Rocksalt

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Carminite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Corkite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Serpierite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1710	1610	2	84301,84304	2793
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1710	1610	1	84305	1633
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1710	1610	1	84307	227
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	1710	1610	1	84307	178
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1710	1610	1	84307	1382
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1710	1610	1	84307	151
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1710	1610	2	84296,84297	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1710	1610	8	84297,84298,84299,84300,84301,84304,84306,84308	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1710	1610	2	84302,84303	17380
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1710	1610	1	84305	292

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000306	Metamorphic basement complex, 3.2 km north of Bamori

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000306	1710	1610	1660±50	K-Ar				UAKA-61-47						27087	Heróica Caborca, Caborca Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Caborca area	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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