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Locality Name:
Fresnillo De Gonzalez Echeverria (Fresnillo), Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 32
Youngest recorded age at locality: 28

mindat Locality ID: 4523
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4523.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fresnillo De Gonzalez Echeverria (Fresnillo), Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Amarilla Mine
Jesús María Mine
La Purísima Mine
San Luis Shaft
San Mateo Vein
San Ricardo Mine
Santa Elena Mine
Santo Nino Vein

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Polybasite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Polybasite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

31 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	32	28	3	84774,84776,84777	2793
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	32	28	1	84771	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	32	28	1	84777	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	32	28	1	84777	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	32	28	3	84774,84776,84777	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	32	28	1	84775	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	32	28	1	84772	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	32	28	4	84770,84774,84776,84777	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	32	28	0		1382
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	32	28	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	32	28	2	84774,84777	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	32	28	1	84774	30554
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	32	28	0		741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	32	28	1	84777	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	32	28	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	32	28	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	32	28	1	84777	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	32	28	2	84774,84777	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	32	28	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	32	28	0		17380
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	32	28	1	84775	428
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	32	28	2	84774,84777	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	32	28	1	84777	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	32	28	4	84773,84774,84776,84777	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	32	28	2	84774,84777	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	32	28	1	84777	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	32	28	4	84773,84774,84776,84777	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	32	28	2	84774,84777	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	32	28	3	84774,84776,84777	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	32	28	1	84777	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	32	28	1	84777	5317

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_030	epithermal

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
	EG98_1029_tbl_1_030	32	28	32–28	K-Ar										4523	Fresnillo De Gonzalez Echeverria (Fresnillo), Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico	Fresnillo	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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