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Locality Name:
Cucurpe, Cucurpe Municipality, Sonora, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 27306
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27306.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cucurpe, Cucurpe Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cerro Prieto
Santa Apolonia Mine

Latitude: 30°18'0"N
Longitude: 110°41'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.3,-110.68333333333

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: As Au Ba C Cl Fe H Mn Mo O P Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCopperDiasporeNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
Scheelite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cerussite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Manganite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1843312734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18433111547
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1843314979
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18433124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1843317437
Gold  (*)CopperAu18433130554
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)184332770
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1843311107
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218433139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1843311725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218433161156
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41843311655



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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