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Locality Name:
La Caridad, Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 54.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 53.3

mindat Locality ID: 280949
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280949.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Caridad, Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
La Caridad Antigua Mine
La Caridad Mine

Latitude: 30°19'3"N
Longitude: 109°33'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.3175,-109.55638888889

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	Alunite	Baryte	Beryl	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise
Vivianite	Wavellite	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Turquoise ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 As Ba Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Baryte Beryl Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Turquoise
Vivianite Wavellite Wurtzite

35 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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	54.2	53.3	2	84442,84443	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	54.2	53.4	1	84443	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	54.2	53.3	2	84442,84443	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	54.2	53.4	1	84443	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	54.1	53.3	2	84442,84443	5516
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	53.91	53.49	1	84443	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	54.1	53.3	2	84442,84443	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	54.1	53.3	2	84442,84443	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	53.91	53.49	1	84443	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	54.1	53.3	2	84442,84443	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	54.1	53.3	2	84442,84443	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	54.1	53.3	2	84442,84443	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	53.91	53.49	1	84443	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	54.2	53.4	1	84443	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	53.91	53.49	1	84443	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	54.2	53.4	1	84443	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	53.91	53.49	1	84443	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	53.91	53.49	1	84443	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	54.1	53.3	2	84442,84443	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	54.2	53.4	1	84443	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	53.91	53.49	1	84443	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	54.2	53.4	1	84443	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	54.2	53.3	2	84442,84443	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	53.91	53.49	1	84443	186
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	54.2	53.4	1	84443	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	54.1	53.3	2	84442,84443	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	54.1	53.3	1	84442	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	54.2	53.3	2	84442,84443	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	54.2	53.4	1	84443	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	53.91	53.49	1	84443	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	54.1	53.3	2	84442,84443	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	54.1	53.3	1	84442	5317
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	53.91	53.49	1	84443	484
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	54.2	53.4	1	84443	636
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	54.2	53.4	1	84443	374

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample 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
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
Mo-00031	54	53.6	53.8±0.2	Re-Os	molybdenite	VA-K-1		Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite	Mo	2355	La Caridad Mine, La Caridad, Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	La Caridad	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00032	54.2	53.8	54.0±0.2	Re-Os	molybdenite	VA-K-2		Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite	Mo	2355	La Caridad Mine, La Caridad, Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	La Caridad	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00033	53.8	53.4	53.6±0.2	Re-Os	molybdenite	VA-Ph		Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite	Mo	2355	La Caridad Mine, La Caridad, Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	La Caridad	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
PorphCu-00007	53.91	53.49	53.7±0.21	Re-Os					Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Neotocite	Cu	2355	La Caridad Mine, La Caridad, Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	La Caridad	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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