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Locality Name:
Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 57.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 49.7

mindat Locality ID: 285811
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285811.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tameapa Mine

Latitude: 25°40'5"N
Longitude: 107°21'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.668055555556,-107.35083333333

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Spinel

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 Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*

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
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	57.7	49.7	1	84085	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	57.7	49.7	1	84085	27198
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	57.7	49.7	1	84085	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	57.7	49.7	1	84085	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	57.7	49.7	1	84085	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	57.7	49.7	1	84085	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	57.6	49.7	1	84085	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	57.7	49.7	1	84085	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	57.7	49.7	1	84085	39462

12 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 DOI	Reference ID
Mo-00423	57.6	57.2	57.4±0.2	Re-Os	molybdenite	C-1-1	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00424	57.4	57	57.2±0.2	Re-Os	molybdenite	C-1-2	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00425	57.2	56.8	57.0±0.2	Re-Os	molybdenite	C-1-3	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00426	52.3	51.7	52.0±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	G-14	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00427	56.1	55.5	55.8±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	G-15	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00428	53.2	52.6	52.9±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	V-12-1	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00429	52.9	52.3	52.6±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	V-12-2	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00430	50.4	49.8	50.1±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	V1E-1	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00431	50.3	49.7	50.0±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	V1E-2	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00432	52.3	51.7	52.0±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	V-20-1	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Mo-00433	51.9	51.3	51.6±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	V-20-2	Molybdenite		Mo	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
PorphCu-00340	57.7	49.7	57.4±0.3 – 50±0.3 (Re-Os)					Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	205996	Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico	Tameapa	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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