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Locality Name:
Los Gavilanes, Tecate Municipality, Baja California, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 31516
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31516.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Los Gavilanes, Tecate Municipality, Baja California, Mexico": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Audaz Mine
El Topo Mine
Fenomeno Del Topo Mine
Formento Mine
Gavilan Mine
Los Aliados De America
Pearl Harbor Mine
Raza Mine
September 16 Mine

Latitude: 32°14'30"N
Longitude: 116°'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.241666666667,-116.00972222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AxiniteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteDiasporeEpidoteGarnetMarcasiteNickelineNone
PrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteVesuvianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)Groutite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Ramsdellite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2181493260
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)381486,81491,8149227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1814931025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6481486,81487,81491,814934135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)481489,81491,81492,814938173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3681486,81487,81491,81492,81493,814941544
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)18149072
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6181487741
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21814891898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81814879056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2481486,81487,81491,8149261156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO2281488,8149088
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)681486,81487,81491,81492,81493,814944894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10381486,81491,814921395
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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