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Locality Name:
San Dimas District, San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 38.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31.9

mindat Locality ID: 27971
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27971.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Dimas District, San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tayoltita

Latitude: 24°4'59"N
Longitude: 105°56'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.083055555556,-105.93333333333

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	Allophane	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Jalpaite	Mica	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Dioptase ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jalpaite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Jalpaite Mica None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	38.6	31.9	1	82643	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	38.6	31.9	1	82643	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	38.6	31.9	1	82643	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	38.6	31.9	1	82643	1534
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	38.6	31.9	5	82615,82618,82624,82629,82644	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	38.6	31.9	1	82633	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	38.6	31.9	1	82643	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	38.6	31.9	6	82615,82617,82619,82629,82640,82643	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	38.6	31.9	1	82630	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	38.6	31.9	2	82615,82634	3531
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	38.6	31.9	1	82630	164
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	38.6	31.9	1	82643	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	38.6	31.9	2	82615,82643	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	38.6	31.9	5	82612,82614,82630,82638,82643	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	38.6	31.9	1	82643	5433
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	38.6	31.9	1	82643	116
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	38.6	31.9	1	82643	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	38.6	31.9	1	82643	17380
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	38.6	31.9	1	82643	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	38.6	31.9	2	82626,82643	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	38.6	31.9	8	82612,82619,82620,82631,82639,82641,82642,82643	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	38.6	31.9	1	82643	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	38.6	31.9	1	82643	969
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	38.6	31.9	9	82613,82616,82621,82624,82627,82628,82637,82642,82643	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	38.6	31.9	12	82611,82612,82622,82623,82624,82629,82632,82635,82636,82641,82642,82643	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	38.6	31.9	2	82615,82624	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	38.6	31.9	1	82625	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	38.6	31.9	1	82643	4899

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_011	epithermal

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	EG98_1029_tbl_1_011	38.6	31.9	38.6–31.9	K-Ar										27971	San Dimas District, San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico	San Dimas	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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