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Locality Name:
Bilbao Mine, La Blanca, Ojo Caliente Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 8695
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8695.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bilbao Mine, La Blanca, Ojo Caliente Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°39'45"N
Longitude: 102°8'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.6625,-102.14777777778

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Se Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Se Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
DiasporeEpsomiteGypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurWollastonite

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Aerinite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Corkite  (*)Felsőbányaite  (*)Franklinite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Goslarite  (*)Guanajuatite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hedyphane  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Larsenite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Ogdensburgite  (*)
Phosphohedyphane  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Selenium  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aerinite  (*)Not in a structural group(Ca,Na)6(Fe3+,Fe2+,Mg,Al)4(Al,Mg)6Si12O36(OH)12(CO3)·12H2O022
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)60151
Felsőbányaite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O066
Franklinite  (*)SpinelZnFe3+2O4052
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O0188
Guanajuatite  (*)StibniteBi2Se3037
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl048
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Larsenite  (*)NoneZnPb(SiO4)06
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40112
Ogdensburgite  (*)NoneCa2Fe3+4Zn(AsO4)4(OH)6·6H2O04
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl071
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe0143
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS0332
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO40303
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655



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