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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

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
DiasporeEpsomiteGypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurWollastonite

42 IMA Minerals at location:
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  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY 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)·12H2O18487322
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1848732734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1848731588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1848739052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18487311547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31848731935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41848735516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18487327770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21848735171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1848734979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218487327198
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6184873151
Felsőbányaite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O18487366
Franklinite  (*)SpinelZnFe3+2O418487352
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18487324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1848737437
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O184873188
Guanajuatite  (*)StibniteBi2Se318487337
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1848736890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6184873741
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl18487348
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318487314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1848731689
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41848735591
Larsenite  (*)NoneZnPb(SiO4)1848736
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21848735674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1848731107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21848735800
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4184873112
Ogdensburgite  (*)NoneCa2Fe3+4Zn(AsO4)4(OH)6·6H2O1848734
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl18487371
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1848731725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81848739056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218487361156
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe184873143
Silver  (*)CopperAg1848735186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1848732473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18487321482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS184873332
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4184873303
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31848731247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41848731655



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