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Locality Name:
Tres Pozos, Baja California, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 279786
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279786.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tres Pozos, Baja California, Mexico": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Madrelena Mine

Latitude: 32°20'0"N
Longitude: 116°30'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.333333333333,-116.5
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: Al B Ba C Ca Cl Fe H Mg O P S Si Sn Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBenitoiteCerchiaraiteFeldsparGillespiteNickelineNonePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzTitanite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Alforsite  (*)Bazirite  (*)Celsian  (*)Cerchiaraite-(Fe)  (*)Diopside  (*)
Gillespite  (*)Pabstite  (*)Pellyite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sanbornite  (*)Taramellite  (*)Titanite  (*)Titantaramellite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alforsite  (*)ApatiteBa5(PO4)3Cl1815005
Bazirite  (*)BenitoiteBaZrSi3O918150011
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)181500100
Cerchiaraite-(Fe)  (*)CerchiaraiteBa4Fe3+4(Si4O12)O2(OH)4Cl2[Si2O3(OH)4]1815006
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61815004135
Gillespite  (*)GillespiteBaFe2+Si4O101815009
Pabstite  (*)BenitoiteBaSnSi3O91815004
Pellyite  (*)NoneBa2CaFe2+2Si6O171815005
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218150039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81815009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218150061156
Sanbornite  (*)NoneBaSi2O518150013
Taramellite  (*)NoneBa4(Fe3+,Ti)4O2[B2Si8O27]Clx1815008
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1815004899
Titantaramellite  (*)NoneBa4(Ti,Fe3+,Mg)4(O,OH)2[B2Si8O27]Clx18150010
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21815002562
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)181500251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-53Madrelena Mine, Tres Pozos, Baja California, Mexicohttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-53
FKM-53bMadrelena Mine, Tres Pozos, Baja California, Mexicohttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-53b
R070356Madrelena Mine, Tres Pozos, Baja California, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R070356
R061031Madrelena Mine, Tres Pozos, Baja California, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R061031
R080041Madrelena Mine, Tres Pozos, Baja California, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R080041

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