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Locality Name:
Rosa De Castilla, Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 27091
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27091.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rosa De Castilla, Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Chuqui Mine
Fenomeno Mine
Olivia Mine
San Felipe Mine

Latitude: 32°4'2"N
Longitude: 116°4'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.067222222222,-116.075
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: Al As B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteAxiniteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteDanburiteEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
MalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRamsdelliteScheelite
TourmalineTungstiteVesuvianite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Azurite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Danburite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Elbaite  (*)Epidote  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21814433419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1814418803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1814429052
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2281442,81443260
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21814425509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18144227770
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4181444352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218144227198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)281442,814431025
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O8181441148
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6281442,814434135
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)181441520
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)281442,814438173
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3281442,814431544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6181442741
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2281442,8144412537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1814434924
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1814412349
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21814421898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218144239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81814429056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2381441,81442,8144361156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO218144288
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)281442,814434894
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O181442118
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101814421395


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