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Locality Name:
Arizpe, Arizpe Municipality, Sonora, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 6770
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6770.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arizpe, Arizpe Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Arco Mine
Arispe Meteorite
Carmen Mine
Chispas Mine (Pedrazzini Mine)
Dios Padre Mine
Elenita Mine
La Cipas Mine
Rafa Mine
San Lorenzo Mine
Washington Mine

Latitude: 30°19'59"N
Longitude: 110°11'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.333055555556,-110.18333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H I K Mo N Ni O P Pb S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Pb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteIronMiniumMolybdeniteNonePerovskite
PolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSpinel

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Boleite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carlsbergite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cohenite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)Daubréelite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Iron  (*)Minium  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Schwartzembergite  (*)Silver  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1842262793
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)4818422665
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41842285516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18422627770
Carlsbergite  (*)RocksaltCrN18422426
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2284226,8423227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1842261382
Cohenite  (*)PerovskiteCFe318422477
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)218423167
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S4184224157
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21842269617
Gold  (*)CopperAu284226,8423130554
Iron  (*)IronFe1842241089
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O40247
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21842325800
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]184226249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]184226716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3584223,84225,84226,84227,842301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2284226,8423239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2284226,8423261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1842324894
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P184224374
Schwartzembergite  (*)NonePb2+5H2I3+O6Cl318422621
Silver  (*)CopperAg1842265186
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4184226586
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)184224703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1842241044


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