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Locality Name:
Chihuahua Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 31550
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31550.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chihuahua Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Avalos
Barranca De Cobre (Copper Canyon)
Candamene
Ejido Esperanza
Km 2
Labor De Terrazas
Liliana Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Ag Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDiasporeMalachiteMeliliteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteSphaleriteSpinel

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hardystonite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Kentrolite  (*)Kirschsteinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Melanotekite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21818705509
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)181852161
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)381852,81860,8187227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218187027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1818703531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1818703846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5281856,81857344
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1818702970
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1818707437
Gold  (*)CopperAu281868,8186930554
Hardystonite  (*)MeliliteCa2ZnSi2O718185214
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6181852741
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1818621689
Kentrolite  (*)NonePb2Mn3+2O2(Si2O7)18185222
Kirschsteinite  (*)OlivineCaFe2+(SiO4)18185233
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418185214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218187012537
Melanotekite  (*)NonePb2Fe3+2O2(Si2O7)18185222
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)181852153
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218187039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2881854,81859,81860,81861,81862,81863,81864,8187261156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10181866312
Silver  (*)CopperAg1818715186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1818622473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18185221482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4181870586
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS181870332


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