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Locality Name:
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 48
Youngest recorded age at locality: 18

mindat Locality ID: 2361
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2361.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°48'0"N
Longitude: 109°40'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.8,-109.66666666667
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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mn O Pb S Sb Se Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mn O Pb S Sb Se Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteCopperDugganiteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteRocksalt
SphaleriteTetradymiteTetrahedrite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bambollaite  (*)Benleonardite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Carlfriesite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervelleite  (*)Cesbronite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Choloalite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Dugganite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Goldfieldite  (*)Graemite  (*)Henryite  (*)Hessite  (*)Jensenite  (*)
Leadamalgam  (*)Malachite  (*)Paradocrasite  (*)Paraschachnerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quetzalcoatlite  (*)Silver  (*)Skippenite  (*)Spiroffite  (*)Stützite  (*)
Teineite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tlalocite  (*)Tlapallite  (*)
Xocomecatlite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S481802793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2481805509
Bambollaite  (*)NoneCu(Se,Te)2481803
Benleonardite  (*)PolybasiteAg15Cu(Sb,As)2S7Te44818020
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4481805516
Carlfriesite  (*)NoneCaTe4+2Te6+O8481804
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)481804979
Cervelleite  (*)NoneAg4TeS4818042
Cesbronite  (*)NoneCu3Te6+O4(OH)4481803
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl481801382
Choloalite  (*)None(Pb,Ca)3(Cu,Sb)3Te6O18Cl481807
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe48180169
Dugganite  (*)DugganitePb3Zn3(TeO6)(AsO4)24818018
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4818024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4818030554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S134818072
Graemite  (*)NoneCu2+(Te4+O3)·H2O481806
Henryite  (*)None(Cu,Ag)3+xTe2 (x~0.4)481804
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te48180804
Jensenite  (*)NoneCu2+3Te6+O6·2H2O481803
Leadamalgam  (*)NoneHgPb2481803
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24818012537
Paradocrasite  (*)NoneSb2(Sb,As)2481806
Paraschachnerite  (*)NoneAg3Hg24818011
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24818039462
Quetzalcoatlite  (*)NoneCu2+3Zn6Te6+2O12(OH)6·(Ag,Pb,   )Cl481806
Silver  (*)CopperAg481805186
Skippenite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Se2Te481806
Spiroffite  (*)NoneMn2+2Te4+3O8481804
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)4818092
Teineite  (*)NoneCu2+(Te4+O3)·2H2O4818014
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO481801101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13481805317
Tlalocite  (*)NoneCu10Zn6(Te4+O3)(Te6+O4)2Cl(OH)25·27H2O481802
Tlapallite  (*)None(Ca,Pb)3CaCu6[Te4+3Te6+O12]2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)2·3H2O481805
Xocomecatlite  (*)NoneCu3(Te6+O4)(OH)44818010


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Emily000421423840±2K-Ar whole rock  Yes  2359Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, MexicoMoctezumaDeen & Atkinson (1988) EG83_1841 
Hg-000214818 K-Ar    YesAktashiteHg2359Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico Deen and Atkinson (1988); Camprubi et al. (2003);   
Mo-000344818 K-Ar    YesJordisite, Powellite, WulfeniteMo2359Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico Camprubi et al. (2003); Deen and Atkinson (1988)   

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070198Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R070198
R070407Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R070407
R060226Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R060226
R070744Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R070744
R060332Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R060332
R050285Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050285
R060888Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R060888
R070738Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R070738
R050273Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050273

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