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Locality Name:
Guazapares Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 200

mindat Locality ID: 22256
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22256.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guazapares Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
El Saucillo
Guazapares
Monterde
San José

Latitude: 27°12'32"N
Longitude: 108°17'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.208888888889,-108.29527777778
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 Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMalachiteMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTalc

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1819422793
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2002001819401588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22002001819405509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)281946,8194727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220020018194027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS20020018194024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu281949,8195030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3281949,8195014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)220020018194012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22002001819405800
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3181943733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220020018194039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl381949,81950,819511725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218194261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS20020018194021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21819433337


1 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
PorphCu-00336200200200      Anhydrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu205991Bahuerachi Cu Deposit, El Saucillo, Guazapares Municipality, Chihuahua, MexicoBahuerachiSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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