Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Los Lamentos Mts (Sierra De Los Lamentos), Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 8073
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8073.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Los Lamentos Mts (Sierra De Los Lamentos), Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine; Erupción-Ahumada Mine)

Latitude: 30°34'25"N
Longitude: 105°49'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.573611111111,-105.81777777778

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore
Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Descloizite Diaspore
Gypsum None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	81624	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	81624	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	81624	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	81624	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	81624	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	81624	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	81624	1382
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	81624	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	81624	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	81624	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	81624	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	81624	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	81624	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	81624	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	81624	1066
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	81624	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	81624	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	81624	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	81624	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	81624	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	81624	2045
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	81624	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	81624	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	81624	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050501	Los Lamentos Mts (Sierra De Los Lamentos), Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R050501
R040004	Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine; Erupción-Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mts (Sierra De Los Lamentos), Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R040004
R050533	Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine; Erupción-Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mts (Sierra De Los Lamentos), Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R050533

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