Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Cerro De Sacrificio, Poanas, Poanas Municipality, Durango, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 27624
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27624.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro De Sacrificio, Poanas, Poanas Municipality, Durango, Mexico": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Candelaria Mine
Carmen Mine
Desengano Mine
La Purísima Mine
Rosario Mine
Sacramento Mine
San Carlos Mine
San Cristóbal Mine

Latitude: 25°45'59"N
Longitude: 103°36'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.766388888889,-103.61638888889

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Garnet	None	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 Al As C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Garnet None Rocksalt Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	82579,82580,82581	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	82576,82581,82582	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	82575,82578	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	82575,82578	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	82575,82577,82578	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	82575,82578	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	82579	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	82575	1544
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	82579,82580,82581	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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