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Locality Name:
San Fernando, Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 27298
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27298.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Fernando, Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Adela Mine
Calumet Mine
Chalcocita Mine
Chalmita Mine
Copper Queen Mine
Rosario Mine
San Fernando Del Cobre Mine
San Fernando Mine
Sauzalito

Latitude: 29°59'33"N
Longitude: 115°17'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.9925,-115.29055555556
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: Ag Al C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteEpidoteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteSphaleriteSpinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1814482793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21814535509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41814535516
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O181449925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S381446,81448,814535707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2281448,8145327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O281447,814513531
Copper  (*)CopperCu281446,814533846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1814484165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O481446,81447,81451,814532970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1814548173
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418145314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2481446,81450,81452,8145312537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2781446,81447,81448,81450,81451,81452,8145339462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18144821482


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