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Locality Name:
Piedras Verdes, Urique Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 284831
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284831.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bolivar Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Al Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteHumiteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelVesuvianite
Wollastonite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bustamite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21821333419
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1821331588
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41821335516
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)2182133101
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1821335707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218213327198
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2182133236
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5182133344
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61821334135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21821339895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1821338173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1821331188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18213324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu18213330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318213314640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418213314899
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)182133153
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21821332273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218213339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218213361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21821335614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18213321482
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101821331395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31821331247


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