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Locality Name:
Platosa Mine, Bermejillo, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 28716
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28716.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Platosa Mine, Bermejillo, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°55'38"N
Longitude: 103°39'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.927222222222,-103.65805555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDevillineFluoriteGypsumKtenasite
LinariteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Linarite  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O040
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O0142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0292
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050292Platosa Mine, Bermejillo, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050292
R060992Platosa Mine, Bermejillo, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R060992

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