Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rosa Group Intrusives, Sierra Mojada, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico

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

mindat Locality ID: 204400
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204400.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rosa Group Intrusives, Sierra Mojada, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Amphibole	Braunite	Brucite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Feldspar	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel
Spurrite-Afwillite	Wollastonite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Braunite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cancrinite ()*	Diopside ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*
Spurrite ()*	Tremolite ()*	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: Al C Ca Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Braunite Brucite Calcite Cancrinite Feldspar None Pyroxene Quartz Spinel
Spurrite-Afwillite Wollastonite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	47.8	13.8	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	47.8	13.8	8803
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	47.8	13.8	483
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	47.8	13.8	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	47.8	13.8	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	47.8	13.8	232
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	47.8	13.8	4135
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	47.8	13.8	350
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	47.8	13.8	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	47.8	13.8	61156
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	47.8	13.8	54
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	47.8	13.8	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	47.8	13.8	1247

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							Yes				22560	Sierra Mojada, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico	Sierra Mojada	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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