Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 63.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 62.6

mindat Locality ID: 285792
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285792.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Milpillas Mine

Latitude: 31°7'0"N
Longitude: 110°26'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.116666666667,-110.44944444444

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Andalusite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite
Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Plancheite	Pyrite	Quartz	Spangolite	Volborthite	Zircon

Alunite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chenevixite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoatacamite ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Dickite ()*
Dioptase ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Plancheite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Shattuckite ()*	Spangolite ()*	Tangeite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Vésigniéite ()*	Volborthite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O P S Si U V Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Andalusite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite
Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Plancheite Pyrite Quartz Spangolite Volborthite Zircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	63.5	62.6	1	84563	966
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	63.4	62.6	1	84563	246
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	63.4	62.6	1	84563	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	63.4	62.6	1	84563	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	63.5	62.6	1	84563	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	63.4	62.6	1	84563	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	63.5	62.6	1	84563	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	63.4	62.6	1	84563	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	63.4	62.6	1	84563	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	63.4	62.6	1	84563	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	63.4	62.6	1	84563	90
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	63.4	62.6	1	84563	3531
Clinoatacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	63.4	62.6	1	84563	43
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	63.4	62.6	1	84563	127
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	63.4	62.6	1	84563	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	63.4	62.6	1	84563	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	63.4	62.6	1	84563	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	63.4	62.6	1	84563	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	63.4	62.6	1	84563	144
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	63.5	62.6	1	84563	651
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	63.4	62.6	1	84563	164
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	63.5	62.6	1	84563	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	63.5	62.6	1	84563	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	63.4	62.6	1	84563	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	63.5	62.6	1	84563	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	63.5	62.6	1	84563	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	63.5	62.6	1	84563	186
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	63.4	62.6	1	84563	492
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	63.4	62.6	1	84563	74
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	63.4	62.6	1	84563	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	63.5	62.6	1	84563	61156
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂	63.4	62.6	1	84563	71
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	63.4	62.6	1	84563	105
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)	63.4	62.6	1	84563	60
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	63.4	62.6	1	84563	1101
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	63.4	62.6	1	84563	1059
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	63.4	62.6	1	84563	46
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	63.4	62.6	1	84563	155
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	63.5	62.6	1	84563	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Mo-00377	63.5	62.7	63.1±0.4	Re-Os	molybdenite	M-098	Molybdenite		Mo	158068	Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Milpillas	Valencia et al. (2006)	RMCG23_39
Mo-00378	63.4	62.6	63.0±0.4	Re-Os	molybdenite	M-120	Molybdenite		Mo	158068	Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Milpillas	Valencia et al. (2006)	RMCG23_39
PorphCu-00200	63.4	62.6	63.0±0.4	Re-Os				Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	158068	Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Milpillas	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100199	Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R100199
R140763	Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R140763
R120149	Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R120149
R120063	Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R120063

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