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Locality Name:
Arroyo De La Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 295009
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295009.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arroyo De La Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Amelia Mine
Santa Rita Mine

Latitude: 27°20'21"N
Longitude: 112°19'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.339166666667,-112.32305555556
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 Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCopperDiasporeGypsum
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Boleite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cumengeite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Malachite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Phosgenite  (*)Pseudoboleite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1815722734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21815745509
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)48281572,8157365
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61815721633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18157227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1815724979
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1815723531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1815743846
Cumengeite  (*)NonePb21Cu20Cl42(OH)40·6H2O18157243
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1815742970
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1815747437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O281572,815746890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218157412537
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6181572158
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]181572249
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2181572142
Pseudoboleite  (*)NonePb31Cu24Cl62(OH)4818157233
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1815721725
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10181572312


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050022Amelia Mine, Arroyo De La Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050022
R060079Amelia Mine, Arroyo De La Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R060079

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