Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Álamos, Álamos Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 2352
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2352.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Álamos, Álamos Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Adriana Mine
Animas Mine
Anita Group
Azteca Mine
Aztecita Mine
Caballo Muerto Mine
Chinos Mine
Cuchillo Mine
Doctor Brown Mine (Dr. Brown Mine)
Dura Mine
Empaco Mine
Espíritu Santo Mine
Malaquita Mine
Mezquite Mine
Paloma Mine
Prieta Mine
Quintería Mine
Quinteros Mine
Tepustete Ranch
Tesache Mine
Vallorecas Mine
Veta Grande Mine

Latitude: 27°0'59"N
Longitude: 108°58'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.016388888889,-108.96666666667

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite
Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Alamosite ()*	Andradite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Mg O Pb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Covellite
Diaspore Epidote Garnet Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pumpellyite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	84197	2793
Alamosite ()*	Not in a structural group	PbSiO₃	0		17
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	84194	1534
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	84178	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	84195	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	84178	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	84178	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	84197	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	84181,84182	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	84178,84187,84197	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	84178,84182,84184,84192,84195,84197	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	3	84187,84196,84197	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	5	84175,84178,84188,84190,84193	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	84194	1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	84178	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	84178,84187	2970
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	1	84188	164
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	84194	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	84197	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	84188	7437
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	84178,84179,84180,84186,84188	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	84195	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	6	84176,84183,84184,84185,84189,84191	300
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		106
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	84185,84187,84197	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	84188,84194,84197	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	84187,84197	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	84197	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	84178	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060067	Álamos, Álamos Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R060067
R040085	Álamos, Álamos Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R040085

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