Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Sierra De La Purísima, Coahuila, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 285521
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285521.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra De La Purísima, Coahuila, Mexico": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mineral De Reforma

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	None	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: Ba C Ca Fe Mg O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Corundum None Rocksalt Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	82261	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	82261	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	82261	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	82261	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	82261	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	82261	14640
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	82261	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	82261	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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