Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Caborca Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

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

mindat Locality ID: 27088
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27088.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caborca Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
El Antimonio
Heróica Caborca
Tajito

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Al As Au Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCarminiteClayCopperDevillineMica
NonePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltStibniteTapiolite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)
Byströmite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Corkite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Muscovite  (*)Ordoñezite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Serpierite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S17101610284301,843042793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1710161002734
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6284291,84293413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6171016101843051633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr17101610284290,84307227
Byströmite  (*)TapioliteMgSb5+2O6284292,842943
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18429227770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)217101610384291,84293,84307178
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4184292352
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl17101610484290,84291,84293,843071382
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)617101610384291,84293,84307151
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17101610284296,8429724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu171016101384290,84297,84298,84299,84300,84301,84304,84306,84308,84310,84311,84312,8431330554
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217101610284302,8430317380
Ordoñezite  (*)TapioliteZnSb5+2O61842907
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2484290,84291,84292,8429361156
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O17101610184305292
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)384290,84291,84292446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31842903418


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000306Metamorphic basement complex, 3.2 km north of Bamori


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
Giersdorf_00000306171016101660±50K-Ar  UAKA-61-47    27087Heróica Caborca, Caborca Municipality, Sonora, MexicoCaborca areaShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 

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