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Locality Name:
Urique Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 60
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60

mindat Locality ID: 29693
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29693.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Urique Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Candamena
Cerocahui
Piedras Verde (Piedras Verdes)
Piedras Verdes
Urique
Zapuri

Latitude: 27°9'59"N
Longitude: 107°53'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.166388888889,-107.89972222222

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Humite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Bustamite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Cornwallite ()*
Cosalite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Monticellite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Humite Mica
None Not in a structural group Olivine Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	60	60	2	82127,82147	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	82133	3419
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	82133	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			8	82138,82143,82144,82148,82149,82150,82151,82153	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			3	82124,82128,82133	5516
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂			1	82133	101
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	82133	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	60	60	6	82122,82127,82130,82131,82133,82147	27198
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂			1	82133	236
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	82141	175
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅			1	82133	344
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	82133	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	82133	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	82133	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	82133	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			8	82122,82131,82133,82137,82139,82145,82147,82153	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			4	82125,82126,82129,82133	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	82133	14640
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI			1	82147	180
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	82133	14899
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)			1	82133	153
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	82133	2273
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	82147	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	60	60	11	82122,82127,82133,82136,82141,82144,82146,82147,82148,82152,82154	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	82133,82147	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	82133	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			5	82136,82147,82156,82157,82158	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	60	60	3	82122,82127,82133	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			5	82122,82135,82140,82142,82147	5317
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	82133	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	82133	1247

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000268	Granodiorite intrusion into marine sediment

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
	Giersdorf_00000268	60	60	60	Re-Os	Age applies to mineralization of a Laramide Granodiorite and its accompanying porphyries		molybdenite				Molybdenite	Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite		18426	Piedras Verde Mine (Piedras Verdes Mine), Piedras Verde (Piedras Verdes), Urique Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico	Piedras Verdes mine	Valencia-Moreno et al. (2007)	10.1130/2007.2422(16)	GSASP422_433

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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