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 Prieto, Cucurpe, Cucurpe Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 278342
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278342.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Prieto, Cucurpe, Cucurpe Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
San Francisco Mine (Cerro Prieto Mine)

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

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Copper	Diaspore	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite

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 Mo O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Copper Diaspore None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Mimetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	84331	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	84331	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	84331	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	84331	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	84331	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	84331	30554
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	84331	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	84331	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	84331	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	84331	61156
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	84331	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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