Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Piedras Verde (Piedras Verdes), Urique Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 60
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60

mindat Locality ID: 27291
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27291.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piedras Verde (Piedras Verdes), Urique Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Carmen Mine
Cobre Mine
Lluvia De Oro Mine
Piedras Verde Mine (Piedras Verdes Mine)
San Miguel Mine
Santa María Mine
Trillo Mine
Truyo Mine

Latitude: 27°5'59"N
Longitude: 107°58'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.099722222222,-107.96666666667

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	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Au Cu Fe Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Chalcopyrite Copper None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	60	60	1	82127	2793
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	82124,82128	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	60	60	3	82127,82130,82131	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	82131	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	82125,82126,82129	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	60	60	1	82127	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	60	60	1	82127	21482

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000268	Granodiorite intrusion into marine sediment

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
	Giersdorf_00000268	60	60	60	Re-Os	Age applies to mineralization of a Laramide Granodiorite and its accompanying porphyries		molybdenite				Molybdenite	Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite		18426	Piedras Verde Mine (Piedras Verdes Mine), Piedras Verde (Piedras Verdes), Urique Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico	Piedras Verdes mine	Valencia-Moreno et al. (2007)	10.1130/2007.2422(16)	GSASP422_433

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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