Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Monterrey Shaft, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico

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

mindat Locality ID: 190253
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190253.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monterrey Shaft, 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.

Arsenic	Chalcostibite	Enargite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Stannite	Stibnite	Wurtzite

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 Bi Ca Cu Fe Mg O Pb S Se Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi Ca Cu Fe Mg O Pb S Se Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Chalcostibite Enargite Marcasite Nickeline None Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Stannite Stibnite Wurtzite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Berzelianite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Diopside ()*
Emplectite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Stannite ()*	Umangite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	66	2.6	66
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	66	2.6	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	66	2.6	1935
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	66	2.6	5171
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	66	2.6	4135
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	66	2.6	246
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	66	2.6	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66	2.6	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	66	2.6	5674
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	66	2.6	9056
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	66	2.6	668
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	66	2.6	71

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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