Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Altar, Altar Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 27808
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27808.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Altar, Altar Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cueva Santa Mine
Esteril Mine
Marenena Mine
Tigre Mine

Latitude: 30°39'33"N
Longitude: 111°13'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.659166666667,-111.21888888889

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	84213,84215	2793
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	84215	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	84215	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	84214,84215	1382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	84215	4165
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	84215	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	84215	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	84215	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	84215	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	84215	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	84215	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	84215	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	84212,84215	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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