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:
Noche Buena Mine, Noche Buena, Mazapil Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 2376
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2376.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Noche Buena Mine, Noche Buena, Mazapil Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°42'2"N
Longitude: 101°39'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.700555555556,-101.66333333333

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.

Apophyllite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Geocronite	Natrolite	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Tobermorite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jordanite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Okenite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tobermorite ()*

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 Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apophyllite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Geocronite Natrolite Nickeline
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Tobermorite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	85
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	784
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	105
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	71
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	114

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050436	Noche Buena Mine, Noche Buena, Mazapil Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R050436

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