Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Barranca (Barranca), Onavas Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 27245
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27245.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Barranca (Barranca), Onavas Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Ahuaje Mine
América Mine
Animas Mine
Belém Mine
Creton Mine
Cristos Mine
José De Las Arenillas Mine
Libertad Mine
Nahuila Mine
Penasco Mine
Primavera Mine
San José De Las Arenillas Mine
Santa Ana Mine
Santa Fé Mine
Sierra Mine
Tajos Mine

Latitude: 28°34'59"N
Longitude: 109°39'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.583055555556,-109.66638888889

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.

Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

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 Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Bournonite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	84471	9052
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	84470	1089
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	84472,84473	2970
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	4	84471,84479,84481,84483	784
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	84471,84474	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	84483	300
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	84478,84481	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	84468,84471,84476,84477,84478,84481,84483	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	84475	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	84471	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4	84469,84471,84480,84482	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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