Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Durango Municipality, Durango, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23

mindat Locality ID: 28246
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28246.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Durango Municipality, Durango, Mexico": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cacaria
Cerro De Los Remedios
Salamandra
Sierra De Cacaria

Latitude: 24°0'59"N
Longitude: 104°40'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.016388888889,-104.66666666667

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bixbyite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Nickeline	None
Phenakite	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sepiolite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite	Topaz	Tridymite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bixbyite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chapmanite ()*	Datolite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sampleite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tridymite ()*	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: Al As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bixbyite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Nickeline None
Phenakite Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sepiolite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Titanite Topaz Tridymite Zircon

40 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	82369	3419
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	82371	2734
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	33	23	1	82366	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	33	23	1	82366	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	82369	1935
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	33	23	1	82366	104
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	82369	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	33	23	2	82366,82369	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			2	82362,82371	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	82371	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	82369	27198
Chapmanite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂Sb³⁺(Si₂O₅)O₃(OH)			1	82369	31
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)			1	82369	498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	33	23	1	82366	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	33	23	1	82366	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	82368	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	82369	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	33	23	2	82366,82369	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	82369	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	33	23	1	82366	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	33	23	7	82362,82364,82366,82367,82368,82369,82371	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	33	23	1	82366	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	33	23	1	82366	14899
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	82371	1107
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	33	23	1	82366	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	82369	2349
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	33	23	1	82366	326
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	33	23	1	82366	164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	82369	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	82369	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	33	23	2	82366,82369	61156
Sampleite ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(PO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O			1	82369	40
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	33	23	1	82366	241
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	82369	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	82369	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	82369	3418
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	33	23	1	82366	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	82368	1476
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂			1	82368	458
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	82368	5251

1 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
	NAVDAT-5464	33	23	28±5					5464						4589	Cerro De Mercado Mine, Victoria De Durango, Cerro De Los Remedios, Durango Municipality, Durango, Mexico		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R040098	Cerro De Mercado Mine, Victoria De Durango, Cerro De Los Remedios, Durango Municipality, Durango, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R040098

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