Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
America Poniente, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 190255
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190255.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "America Poniente, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, 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.

Apatite	Calcite	Malachite	Murdochite	None	Rutile	Scheelite

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: As C Ca Cl Cu H Mo O Pb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cl Cu H Mo O Pb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Malachite Murdochite None Rutile Scheelite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Murdochite ()*	Plattnerite ()*
Rosasite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66	2.6	27770
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	1066
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	66	2.6	1107
Murdochite ()*	Murdochite	Cu₁₂Pb₂O₁₅Cl₂	66	2.6	34
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	66	2.6	158
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	66	2.6	454
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	66	2.6	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-00312	66	2.6	Tertiary							Yes				2318	Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico	Mapimi	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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