Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cuitaca, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 63
Youngest recorded age at locality: 63

mindat Locality ID: 285810
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285810.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Mariquita Mine

Latitude: 31°3'20"N
Longitude: 110°25'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.055555555556,-110.42083333333

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.

Alunite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Spinel	Turquoise

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 C Cu Fe H K O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Pyrite
Spinel Turquoise

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Turquoise ()*

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	63	1	84325	966
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	63	63	1	84325	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	63	63	1	84325	27198
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	63	63	1	84325	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	63	63	1	84325	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	63	63	1	84325	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	63	63	1	84325	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	63	63	1	84325	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	63	63	1	84325	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	63	63	1	84325	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	63	63	1	84325	39462
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	63	63	1	84325	484

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	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 DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00339	63	63	~63									Alunite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Turquoise	Cu	205994	La Mariquita Mine, Cuitaca, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Mariquita	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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