Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Casas Grandes Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 28510
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28510.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Casas Grandes Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
San Pedro Corralitos

Latitude: 30°45'0"N
Longitude: 107°40'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.75,-107.66666666667

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Copper	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Adamite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Austinite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Willemite ()*	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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite
Chalcopyrite Copper Diaspore Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	81828	2793
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	2	81833,81834	254
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	81834	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	81833,81834,81848	9052
Austinite ()*	Adelite	CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)	2	81833,81834	71
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	81833,81834	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	81833,81834	413
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	81833,81834,81848	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	81833,81834	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	81828,81833,81834	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	81833,81834	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	81833,81834	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	2	81833,81834	363
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	81833,81834	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	81828,81833,81834,81848	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	81833,81834	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	81833,81834	30554
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	81833,81834	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	81833,81834	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	3	81833,81834,81848	1107
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	81833,81834	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	81828,81833,81834,81847,81848	39462
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	81833,81834	454
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	81833,81834	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	81828,81833,81834	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	81833,81834	5317
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	2	81833,81834	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	4	81833,81834,81848,81849	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R040123	San Pedro Corralitos, Casas Grandes Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R040123

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