Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Urique, Urique Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 27225
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27225.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Urique, Urique Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Avila Mine
Blanca Mine (Mina La Blanca)
Colorado Mine
Cuchila Mine
Dulces Nombres Mine
Esperanza Mine
Guerra Al Tirano Mine
Mascota Mine
Melchor Ocampo Mine
Patrona Mine
Plomosa Mine
Realito Mine
Rosario Mine
San Antonio Mine
San Miguel Mine
San Rafael Mine
Santa Clara Mine
Santa Rita Mine
Santo Niño Mine
Truyo Mine

Latitude: 27°14'0"N
Longitude: 107°49'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.233333333333,-107.83305555556

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	Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

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 As C Cu Fe H I O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Chalcopyrite Copper None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Galena ()*
Iodargyrite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	82147	2793
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	8	82138,82143,82144,82148,82149,82150,82151,82153	5509
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	82147	27198
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	82141	175
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	82137,82139,82145,82147,82153	24243
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	1	82147	180
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	82147	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	82136,82141,82144,82146,82147,82148,82152,82154	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	82147	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	82136,82147	5186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4	82135,82140,82142,82147	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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