Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Francisco I. Madero, Zacatecas Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 280273
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280273.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Francisco I. Madero, Zacatecas Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Francisco I. Madero Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Allanite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cubanite
Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane
Tetradymite	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*
Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cosalite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hessite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tsumoite ()*
Wittichenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allanite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cubanite
Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Nickeline
None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Stilpnomelane
Tetradymite Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

42 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	1	84981	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	84981	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	84981	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	84981	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	84981	706
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	84981	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	84981	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	84981	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	84981	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	84981	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	84981	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	84981	577
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	84981	1756
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	84981	344
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	84981	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	84981	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	84981	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	84981	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	84981	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	84981	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	84981	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	84981	2812
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	84981	741
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	84981	804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	84981	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	84981	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	84981	252
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	84981	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	84981	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	84981	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	84981	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	84981	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	84981	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	84981	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	84981	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	84981	456
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	84981	510
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	84981	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	84981	2562
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	1	84981	100
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	84981	297
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	84981	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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