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Locality Name:
Melchor Múzquiz Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 27
Youngest recorded age at locality: 27

mindat Locality ID: 31356
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31356.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Melchor Múzquiz Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
La Encantada (Encantada; Estacion La Encantada)
Melchor Múzquiz

Latitude: 25°17'0"N
Longitude: 101°3'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.283333333333,-101.06611111111

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica
Minium	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Argentojarosite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Minium ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Talc ()*
Tremolite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Malachite Mica
Minium Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite

47 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	27	27	1	82206	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	27	27	1	82206	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	27	27	1	82206	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	27	27	4	82206,82211,82214,82216	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	82219	3250
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	27	27	1	82206	58
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	27	27	1	82206	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	27	27	1	82206	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	82213	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27	27	4	82206,82210,82213,82219	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	27	27	1	82206	5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			2	82213,82219	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	27	27	2	82206,82215	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27	27	1	82206	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	27	27	1	82206	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	27	27	1	82206	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	27	27	1	82206	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	27	27	1	82206	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	27	27	4	82206,82212,82218,82219	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	27	27	1	82206	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	27	27	1	82206	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	27	27	5	82206,82211,82214,82216,82217	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	27	27	1	82206	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	27	27	2	82206,82213	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	27	27	1	82206	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	27	27	1	82206	1689
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	27	27	1	82206	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	27	27	1	82206	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	27	27	1	82206	770
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	27	27	1	82206	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	27	27	1	82206	247
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	27	27	1	82206	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	27	27	1	82206	17380
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	27	27	1	82206	477
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	27	27	1	82206	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	27	27	1	82206	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	27	27	1	82206	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	27	27	1	82206	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	27	27	2	82206,82213	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			3	82211,82214,82216	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	27	27	1	82206	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	27	27	1	82206	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	27	27	1	82206	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)			2	82210,82219	589
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	27	27	1	82206	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	27	27	1	82206	2562
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	27	27	1	82206	1655

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
	sedznpb-00309	27	27	27											10953	Encantada Mine (Priete Mine), La Encantada (Encantada; Estacion La Encantada), Melchor Múzquiz Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico	La Encantada	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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