Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
La Florida De Nacozari, Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 54.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 52

mindat Locality ID: 280334
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280334.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Florida De Nacozari, Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Lilly Mine

Latitude: 30°23'1"N
Longitude: 109°43'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.383611111111,-109.73027777778

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.

Allophane	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Spinel	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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite
None Pyrite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Epidote ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	52	52	1	84445	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	52	52	1	84445	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	52	52	1	84445	3531
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	52	52	1	84445	8173
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	52	52	1	84445	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	52	52	1	84445	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	52	52	1	84445	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	52	52	1	84445	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	52	52	1	84445	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	52	52	1	84445	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	52	52	1	84445	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	52	52	1	84445	4899

2 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
	Mo-00209	54.1	53.3		Re-Os			molybdenite			Yes	Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite, Molybdite	Mo	27090	Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico		Valencia et al. (2005)	10.1007/s00126-005-0480-1	MD40_175
	PorphCu-00047	52	52	52									Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Epidote, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	14833	La Lilly Mine, La Florida De Nacozari, Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	La Florida	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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