Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Suaqui Grande Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 57.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 55.4

mindat Locality ID: 28150
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28150.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Suaqui Grande Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
El Realito
Suaqui Grande

Latitude: 28°23'54"N
Longitude: 109°43'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.398333333333,-109.72944444444

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.

Alunite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite

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 Au C Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Malachite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*

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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			5	84590,84591,84592,84593,84594	5509
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	57.3	55.4	2	84588,84595	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	57.3	55.4	2	84588,84595	27198
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	56	55.4	1	84588	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	56	55.4	1	84588	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	56	55.4	1	84588	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	56	55.4	1	84588	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	56	55.4	1	84588	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	57.3	55.4	2	84588,84595	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	57.3	55.4	2	84588,84595	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	57.3	55.4	2	84588,84595	39462

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	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-00477	56	55.4	55.7±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	CH-26	Molybdenite		Mo	228088	Cuatro Hermanos Cu Deposit, El Realito, Suaqui Grande Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Cuatro Hermanos	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
PorphCu-00671	56	55.4	55.7±0.3	Re-Os				Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	228088	Cuatro Hermanos Cu Deposit, El Realito, Suaqui Grande Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Cuatro Hermanos	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
Mo-00444	57.3	56.7	57.0±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	SQ-1-1	Molybdenite		Mo	207316	Suaqui Verde Cu Deposit, Suaqui Grande, Suaqui Grande Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Suaqui Verde	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00445	57	56.6	56.8±0.2	Re-Os	molybdenite	SQ-1-2	Molybdenite		Mo	207316	Suaqui Verde Cu Deposit, Suaqui Grande, Suaqui Grande Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Suaqui Verde	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
PorphCu-00575	57.3	56.7	57±0.3	Re-Os				Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	207316	Suaqui Verde Cu Deposit, Suaqui Grande, Suaqui Grande Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Suaqui Verde	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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