Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Carbó Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 53.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 53.4

mindat Locality ID: 295084
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295084.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
El Creston Deposit

Latitude: 29°53'13"N
Longitude: 110°39'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.886944444444,-110.65416666667

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	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Ca 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 Clinozoisite Epidote Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*

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
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	53.8	53.4	1	84327	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	53.8	53.4	1	84327	8173
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	53.8	53.4	1	84327	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	53.8	53.4	1	84327	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	53.8	53.4	1	84327	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	53.8	53.4	1	84327	61156

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
	Mo-00478	53.8	53.4	53.6±0.2	Re-Os			molybdenite	EC-1			Molybdenite		Mo	231257	El Creston Deposit, Carbó Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	El Crestón	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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