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Locality Name:
Piedras Verdes, Álamos Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 60
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60

mindat Locality ID: 283646
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283646.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piedras Verdes, Álamos Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Piedras Verdes Mine

Latitude: 27°10'4"N
Longitude: 109°1'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.167777777778,-109.01888888889

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	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Humite	Kaolinite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Humite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Humite Kaolinite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite

42 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	60	60	1	84201	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	60	60	1	84201	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	60	60	1	84201	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	60	60	1	84201	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	60	60	1	84201	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	60	60	1	84201	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	60	60	1	84201	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	60	60	1	84201	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	60	60	1	84201	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	60	60	1	84201	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	60	60	1	84201	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	60	60	1	84201	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	60	60	1	84201	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	60	60	1	84201	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	60	60	1	84201	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	60	60	1	84201	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	60	60	1	84201	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	60	60	1	84201	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	60	60	1	84201	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	60	60	1	84201	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	60	60	1	84201	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	60	60	1	84201	14640
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	60	60	1	84201	80
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	60	60	1	84201	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	60	60	1	84201	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	60	60	1	84201	5591
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	60	60	1	84201	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	60	60	1	84201	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	60	60	1	84201	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	60	60	1	84201	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	60	60	1	84201	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	60	60	1	84201	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	60	60	1	84201	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	60	60	1	84201	186
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	60	60	1	84201	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	60	60	1	84201	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	60	60	1	84201	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	60	60	1	84201	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	60	60	1	84201	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	60	60	1	84201	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	60	60	1	84201	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	60	60	1	84201	2562

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
	PorphCu-00574	60	60	~60	Re-Os								Actinolite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Epidote, Jarosite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Neotocite	Cu	207315	Piedras Verdes Mine, Piedras Verdes, Álamos Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Piedras Verdes	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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