Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sabinas Mine, San Martín-Sabinas District, San Martín, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36
Youngest recorded age at locality: 36

mindat Locality ID: 20129
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20129.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sabinas Mine, San Martín-Sabinas District, San Martín, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°39'42"N
Longitude: 103°45'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.661666666667,-103.75611111111

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	Garnet
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Adamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Powellite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Mo O Pb S Si W Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite Garnet
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	36	36	254
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	36	36	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	36	36	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	36	36	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	36	36	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	36	36	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	36	36	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	36	36	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	36	36	363
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	36	36	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	36	36	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	36	36	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	36	36	741
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	36	36	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	36	36	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	36	36	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	36	36	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	36	36	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	36	36	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	36	36	21482

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_033	epithermal

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
	EG98_1029_tbl_1_033	36	36	36	K-Ar						Yes				2380	Sombrerete, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico	Sombrerete	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029

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