Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Blanca, Ojo Caliente Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 284650
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284650.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Blanca, Ojo Caliente Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bilbao Mine

Latitude: 22°39'44"N
Longitude: 102°8'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.662222222222,-102.14777777778

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Epsomite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Wollastonite

Aerinite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Corkite ()*	Felsőbányaite ()*	Franklinite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Goslarite ()*	Guanajuatite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hedyphane ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Larsenite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Ogdensburgite ()*
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Selenium ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Willemite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Se Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Diaspore Epsomite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phenakite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Wollastonite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aerinite ()*	Not in a structural group	(Ca,Na)₆(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺,Mg,Al)₄(Al,Mg)₆Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·12H₂O	1	84873	22
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	84873	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	84873	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	84873	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	84873	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	84873	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	84873	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	84873	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	84873	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	84873	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	84873	27198
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	84873	151
Felsőbányaite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	1	84873	66
Franklinite ()*	Spinel	ZnFe³⁺₂O₄	1	84873	52
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	84873	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	84873	7437
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	84873	188
Guanajuatite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂Se₃	1	84873	37
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	84873	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	84873	741
Hedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	84873	48
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	84873	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	84873	1689
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	84873	5591
Larsenite ()*	None	ZnPb(SiO₄)	1	84873	6
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	84873	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	84873	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	84873	5800
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	84873	112
Ogdensburgite ()*	None	Ca₂Fe³⁺₄Zn(AsO₄)₄(OH)₆·6H₂O	1	84873	4
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl	1	84873	71
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	84873	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	84873	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	84873	61156
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	1	84873	143
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	84873	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	84873	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	84873	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	84873	332
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	84873	303
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	84873	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	84873	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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