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:
Magdalena Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 29910
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29910.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Magdalena Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Aguja
El Cajon Deposit
Magdalena
Unimin (Tinaja Del Oso) Deposit
Yeso Mine

Latitude: 30°30'0"N
Longitude: 110°49'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.5,-110.83305555556

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Gypsum	Mica
None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Zircon

Analcime ()*	Cahnite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Colemanite ()*
Fluorellestadite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Howlite ()*
Meyerhofferite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Priceite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Strontianite ()*	Ulexite ()*

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 As Au B C Ca F Fe H K Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Fluorite Gypsum Mica
None Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	84413	1627
Cahnite ()*	Zircon	Ca₂B(AsO₄)(OH)₄	1	84418	13
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	84413,84414,84418,84419	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	84418	1252
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O	3	84413,84414,84418	144
Fluorellestadite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5F	1	84418	33
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	84418	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	84416,84417	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	84414,84418,84419	6890
Howlite ()*	None	Ca₂SiB₅O₉(OH)₅	4	84413,84414,84418,84419	36
Meyerhofferite ()*	None	CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·H₂O	1	84413	23
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	84413	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	2	84418,84419	511
Priceite ()*	None	Ca₂B₅O₇(OH)₅·H₂O	1	84413	33
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	84418	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	84413	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	2	84418,84419	712
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	84418	589
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	1	84418	160

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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