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Locality Name:
Santa Rosa, Mazapil Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 23488
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23488.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Rosa, Mazapil Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Santa Rosa Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg Mo O P Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteNoneRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite
Turquoise

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)Mimetite  (*)Prosopite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1848362793
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1848364979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218483627198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1848362600
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18483624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu18483630554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218483612537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO184836202
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1848361107
Prosopite  (*)NoneCaAl2F4(OH)418483639
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1848361725
Silver  (*)CopperAg1848365186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18483621482
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O184836484
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41848361655


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