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Locality Name:
Sierra Mojada, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 47.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13.8

mindat Locality ID: 22560
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22560.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra Mojada, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Buena Ventura Mine
Dionea Mine
Encantada Mine
Encantada Pico
Esmeralda Mine
Fortuna Mine
Guadalupe Mine
Juárez Shaft
Mula Mine
Porvenir Mine
Providencia Mine
Rosa Group Intrusives
San José Mine
San Juan Mine
Santa María De Los Angeles Mine
Suiza Mine
Veta Rica Mine

Latitude: 27°18'59"N
Longitude: 103°42'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.316388888889,-103.7

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	Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Braunite	Brucite	Calcite
Cancrinite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum
Malachite	Melilite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Phenakite	Polybasite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Skutterudite	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Sulphur	Vivianite	Wollastonite

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 Br C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Braunite Brucite Calcite
Cancrinite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum
Malachite Melilite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Phenakite Polybasite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Skutterudite Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Sulphur Vivianite Wollastonite

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Adamite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Antlerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Braunite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*
Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Minrecordite ()*	Opal ()*	Pearceite ()*
Plattnerite ()*	Proustite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Spurrite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tremolite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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	47.8	13.8	1	82285	2793
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	47.8	13.8	0		254
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	47.8	13.8	1	82280	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	47.8	13.8	1	82280	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	47.8	13.8	1	82284	2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	47.8	13.8	0		246
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	47.8	13.8	2	82270,82285	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	47.8	13.8	2	82284,82285	11547
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	47.8	13.8	1	82280	483
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	47.8	13.8	3	82275,82276,82279	227
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	47.8	13.8	2	82272,82280	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	47.8	13.8	3	82272,82280,82285	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	47.8	13.8	1	82280	232
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	47.8	13.8	1	82284	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	47.8	13.8	4	82271,82273,82284,82285	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	47.8	13.8	3	82278,82282,82285	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	47.8	13.8	1	82285	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	47.8	13.8	4	82273,82274,82275,82285	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	47.8	13.8	1	82278	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	47.8	13.8	1	82285	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	47.8	13.8	1	82285	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	47.8	13.8	1	82285	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	47.8	13.8	0		378
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	47.8	13.8	2	82272,82280	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	47.8	13.8	0		9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	47.8	13.8	1	82285	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	47.8	13.8	1	82272	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	47.8	13.8	3	82283,82284,82285	24243
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	47.8	13.8	1	82272	114
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	47.8	13.8	0		7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	47.8	13.8	1	82285	6890
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	47.8	13.8	1	82280	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	47.8	13.8	2	82274,82285	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	47.8	13.8	0		1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	47.8	13.8	0		1066
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	47.8	13.8	1	82280	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	47.8	13.8	3	82274,82278,82285	12537
Minrecordite ()*	None	CaZn(CO₃)₂	47.8	13.8	0		8
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	47.8	13.8	1	82274	2994
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	47.8	13.8	1	82285	249
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	47.8	13.8	0		158
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	47.8	13.8	2	82269,82285	733
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	47.8	13.8	3	82272,82280,82284	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	47.8	13.8	1	82281	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	47.8	13.8	2	82274,82285	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	47.8	13.8	1	82285	531
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	47.8	13.8	0		2473
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	47.8	13.8	2	82272,82280	54
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	47.8	13.8	2	82284,82285	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	47.8	13.8	1	82285	2045
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	47.8	13.8	1	82280	2562
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	47.8	13.8	0		303
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	47.8	13.8	2	82272,82280	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	47.8	13.8	1	82277	1655

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
	sedznpb-00320	47.8	13.8	Mid-Tertiary											22560	Sierra Mojada, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico	Sierra Mojada	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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