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Locality Name:
San Martín Mine, San Martín-Sabinas District, San Martín, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36
Youngest recorded age at locality: 36

mindat Locality ID: 6956
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6956.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Martín Mine, San Martín-Sabinas District, San Martín, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°39'48"N
Longitude: 103°44'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.663333333333,-103.74583333333
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 As B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApophylliteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetMolybdenite
NatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteXanthoconite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Berthierite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Datolite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Powellite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Scolecite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wickmanite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S436360343
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4363605516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3636027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23636027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS363604165
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)36360498
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O36360303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2363609617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3636024243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3363601544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O636360741
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1436360784
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O363601271
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2363605800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)36360494
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS336360733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23636039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8363609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23636061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)363604894
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O36360390
Silver  (*)CopperAg363605186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3636021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS436360586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3363603418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13363605317
Wickmanite  (*)PerovskiteMn2+Sn4+(OH)63636024
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS33636089


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_033epithermal


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_033363636K-Ar    Yes  2380Sombrerete, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, MexicoSombrereteCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050303San Martín Mine, San Martín-Sabinas District, San Martín, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050303

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