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Locality Name:
Guadalupe Y Calvo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 47.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 45.3

mindat Locality ID: 27095
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27095.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guadalupe Y Calvo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Barranca De Babaraga
Cinco Llagas
Guadalupe Y Calvo
Guadalupe Y Calvo Meteorite
Uruapa

Latitude: 26°9'2"N
Longitude: 107°5'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.150555555556,-107.0875

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Iron	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Iron ()*	Molybdite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Iron Mica None Not in a structural group Polybasite
Pyrite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	47.3	45.3	1	81925	3419
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr			1	81931	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	81930,81931	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	47.3	45.3	1	81925	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	47.3	45.3	1	81925	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	47.3	45.3	3	81925,81927,81932	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	47.3	45.3	1	81925	30554
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	81927	1689
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	81934	1089
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃			1	81929	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	47.3	45.3	1	81925	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	81933	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	47.3	45.3	2	81925,81931	39462
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	81928	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	47.3	45.3	1	81925	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	47.3	45.3	1	81925	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	47.3	45.3	3	81923,81925,81936	5317

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
	PorphCu-00337	47.3	45.3	46.3±1									Albite, Alunite, Antlerite, Atacamite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Jarosite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Turquoise	Cu	205992	Cerro Colorado Cu-Au Deposit, Cinco Llagas, Guadalupe Y Calvo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico	Cerro Colorado	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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