Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Cerro De Mercado Mine, Victoria De Durango, Cerro De Los Remedios, Durango Municipality, Durango, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23

mindat Locality ID: 4589
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4589.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro De Mercado Mine, Victoria De Durango, Cerro De Los Remedios, Durango Municipality, Durango, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°1'0"N
Longitude: 104°40'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.016666666667,-104.66666666667

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Baryte	Bixbyite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Gypsum	None	Phenakite	Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sepiolite	Spinel	Titanite

Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bixbyite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Opal ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sepiolite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Ba Be C Ca F Fe H Mg Mn O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Be C Ca F Fe H Mg Mn O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Baryte Bixbyite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Gypsum None Phenakite Pseudobrookite Pyroxene Quartz Sepiolite Spinel Titanite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	33	23	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	33	23	11547
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	33	23	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	33	23	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	33	23	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	33	23	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	33	23	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	33	23	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	33	23	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	33	23	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	33	23	14899
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	33	23	2994
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	33	23	326
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	33	23	164
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	33	23	61156
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	33	23	241
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	33	23	4899

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
	NAVDAT-5464	33	23	28±5					5464						4589	Cerro De Mercado Mine, Victoria De Durango, Cerro De Los Remedios, Durango Municipality, Durango, Mexico		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R040098	Cerro De Mercado Mine, Victoria De Durango, Cerro De Los Remedios, Durango Municipality, Durango, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R040098

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