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:
Avalos, Chihuahua Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 298070
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298070.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Avalos, Chihuahua Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lead Smelter

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Calcite	Melilite	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Rhodonite	Sphalerite	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: C Ca Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Melilite None Olivine Pyroxene Rhodonite Sphalerite Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Babingtonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Hardystonite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Kentrolite ()*
Kirschsteinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melanotekite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	81852	161
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	81852	27770
Hardystonite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂ZnSi₂O₇	1	81852	14
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	81852	741
Kentrolite ()*	None	Pb₂Mn³⁺₂O₂(Si₂O₇)	1	81852	22
Kirschsteinite ()*	Olivine	CaFe²⁺(SiO₄)	1	81852	33
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	81852	14899
Melanotekite ()*	None	Pb₂Fe³⁺₂O₂(Si₂O₇)	1	81852	22
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	81852	153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	81852	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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