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:
Rosillo Cave, Limestone Caves, Cuatro Ciénegas (Cuatrociénegas De Carranza; Venustiano Carranza), Cuatrociénegas Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 211316
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211316.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rosillo Cave, Limestone Caves, Cuatro Ciénegas (Cuatrociénegas De Carranza; Venustiano Carranza), Cuatrociénegas Municipality, Coahuila, 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.

Alunite	Calcioferrite	Calcite	Cerite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Lepidocrocite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Taranakite

Ardealite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Brushite ()*	Calcite ()*	Crandallite ()*
Goethite ()*	Guanine ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kingsmountite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Montgomeryite ()*	Quartz ()*	Taranakite ()*	Variscite ()*	Whitlockite ()*

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: Al C Ca Co Fe H K Mg Mn N Ni O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Co Fe H K Mg Mn N Ni O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcioferrite Calcite Cerite Diaspore Gypsum Lepidocrocite None Not in a structural group Quartz
Taranakite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ardealite ()*	Gypsum	Ca₂(PO₃OH)(SO₄)·4H₂O	30
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	143
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	310
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Guanine ()*	None	C₅H₃(NH₂)N₄O	7
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Kingsmountite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₃MnFe²⁺Al₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O	12
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	581
Montgomeryite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₄MgAl₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O	44
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	57
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	301
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	104

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_000852	Cretaceous carbonate platform environment, now a karst environment
Michelle_0023	Cave in formation

2 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
	Michelle_000852	145	66	Cretaceous		Age of limestone					Yes				211314	Limestone Caves, Cuatro Ciénegas (Cuatrociénegas De Carranza; Venustiano Carranza), Cuatrociénegas Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico	Limestone caves	Forti et al. (2006)	10.3986/ac.v35i1.245	AC35_79	Age of limestone hosting the caverns of Cuatro Ciénegas
	Michelle_0023	0	0	0		Age of mineralization							Ardealite, Asbolane, Brushite, Calcite, Crandallite, Goethite, Guanine, Gypsum, Kingsmountite, Lepidocrocite, Montgomeryite, Taranakite, Variscite, Whitlockite		211316	Rosillo Cave, Limestone Caves, Cuatro Ciénegas (Cuatrociénegas De Carranza; Venustiano Carranza), Cuatrociénegas Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico	Rosillo Cave	Forti et al. (2006)	10.3986/ac.v35i1.245	AC35_79	Mineralization occurs in guano/sediment rich cave within the Cuatro Ciénegas region. Cave has historically been mined for fertilizer.

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