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Locality Name:
Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 48
Youngest recorded age at locality: 18

mindat Locality ID: 2356
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2356.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°48'0"N
Longitude: 109°40'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.8,-109.66666666667

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	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Caledonite	Clay	Copper
Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Fornacite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Nowackiite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur
Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Zemannite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Se Si Te U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Se Si Te U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Caledonite Clay Copper
Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Fornacite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica None
Not in a structural group Nowackiite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur
Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Zemannite

80 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aktashite ()*	Altaite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bambollaite ()*	Baryte ()*	Benleonardite ()*	Bohdanowiczite ()*	Burckhardtite ()*
Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Carlfriesite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervelleite ()*
Chalcomenite ()*	Choloalite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cliffordite ()*	Coloradoite ()*
Cuzticite ()*	Denningite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Emmonsite ()*
Eztlite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fornacite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Goldfieldite ()*	Gruzdevite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hakite-(Hg) ()*	Henryite ()*
Hessite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kinichilite ()*	Klockmannite ()*
Kostovite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Kuranakhite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Mackayite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Moctezumite ()*	Molybdomenite ()*	Montbrayite ()*
Mroseite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paradocrasite ()*	Paratellurite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Plumbotellurite ()*	Poughite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rickardite ()*	Rozhdestvenskayaite ()*	Schmitterite ()*	Selenium ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Skippenite ()*	Sonoraite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spiroffite ()*	Tellurite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tiemannite ()*
Tlapallite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xocolatlite ()*	Yafsoanite ()*	Zemannite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	48	18	2793
Aktashite ()*	Nowackiite	Cu₆Hg₃As₄S₁₂	48	18	22
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	48	18	489
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	48	18	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	48	18	5509
Bambollaite ()*	None	Cu(Se,Te)₂	48	18	3
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	48	18	11547
Benleonardite ()*	Polybasite	Ag₁₅Cu(Sb,As)₂S₇Te₄	48	18	20
Bohdanowiczite ()*	None	AgBiSe₂	48	18	41
Burckhardtite ()*	None	Pb₂(Fe³⁺Te⁶⁺)(AlSi₃O₈)O₆	48	18	4
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	48	18	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	48	18	359
Carlfriesite ()*	None	CaTe⁴⁺₂Te⁶⁺O₈	48	18	4
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	48	18	4979
Cervelleite ()*	None	Ag₄TeS	48	18	42
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	48	18	40
Choloalite ()*	None	(Pb,Ca)₃(Cu,Sb)₃Te₆O₁₈Cl	48	18	7
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	48	18	2600
Cliffordite ()*	None	UTe⁴⁺₃O₉	48	18	4
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	48	18	169
Cuzticite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂Te⁶⁺O₆·3H₂O	48	18	2
Denningite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺Te⁴⁺₄O₁₀	48	18	2
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	48	18	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	48	18	9895
Emmonsite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·2H₂O	48	18	34
Eztlite ()*	None	Pb₂Fe³⁺₃(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃(SO₄)O₂Cl	48	18	2
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	48	18	9617
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	48	18	85
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	48	18	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	48	18	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	48	18	72
Gruzdevite ()*	Nowackiite	Cu₆Hg₃Sb₄S₁₂	48	18	5
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	48	18	6890
Hakite-(Hg) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Hg₂)Sb₄Se₁₃	48	18	12
Henryite ()*	None	(Cu,Ag)_3+xTe₂ (x~0.4)	48	18	4
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	48	18	804
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	48	18	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	48	18	5591
Kinichilite ()*	Zemannite	Mg_0.5Mn²⁺Fe³⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·4.5H₂O	48	18	2
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	48	18	63
Kostovite ()*	None	AuCuTe₄	48	18	21
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	48	18	111
Kuranakhite ()*	None	PbMn⁴⁺Te⁶⁺O₆	48	18	7
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	48	18	234
Mackayite ()*	None	Fe³⁺Te⁴⁺₂O₅(OH)	48	18	12
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	48	18	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	48	18	1107
Moctezumite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(Te⁴⁺O₃)₂	48	18	1
Molybdomenite ()*	None	PbSe⁴⁺O₃	48	18	15
Montbrayite ()*	None	(Au,Ag,Sb,Bi,Pb)₂₃(Te,Sb,Bi,Pb)₃₈	48	18	19
Mroseite ()*	None	CaTe⁴⁺O₂(CO₃)	48	18	3
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	48	18	17380
Paradocrasite ()*	None	Sb₂(Sb,As)₂	48	18	6
Paratellurite ()*	Rutile	TeO₂	48	18	20
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	48	18	477
Plumbotellurite ()*	None	Pb(Te⁴⁺O₃)	48	18	3
Poughite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₂(SO₄)·3H₂O	48	18	12
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	48	18	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	48	18	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	48	18	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	48	18	61156
Rickardite ()*	None	Cu_3-xTe₂	48	18	52
Rozhdestvenskayaite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆(Ag₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	48	18	1
Schmitterite ()*	None	(UO₂)(Te⁴⁺O₃)	48	18	6
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	48	18	143
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	48	18	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	48	18	5186
Skippenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Se₂Te	48	18	6
Sonoraite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)(OH)·H₂O	48	18	11
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	48	18	21482
Spiroffite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₂Te⁴⁺₃O₈	48	18	4
Tellurite ()*	None	TeO₂	48	18	52
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	48	18	190
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	48	18	510
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	48	18	83
Tlapallite ()*	None	(Ca,Pb)₃CaCu₆[Te⁴⁺₃Te⁶⁺O₁₂]₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₂(SO₄)₂·3H₂O	48	18	5
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	48	18	1655
Xocolatlite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn⁴⁺₂Te⁶⁺₂O₁₂·H₂O	48	18	2
Yafsoanite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Te⁶⁺₂(ZnO₄)₃	48	18	4
Zemannite ()*	Zemannite	Mg_0.5ZnFe³⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·nH₂O (3≤n≤4.5)	48	18	7

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	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 ID
Emily000421	42	38	40±2	K-Ar	whole rock	Yes			2359	Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	Moctezuma	Deen & Atkinson (1988)	EG83_1841
Hg-00021	48	18		K-Ar		Yes	Aktashite	Hg	2359	Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico		Deen and Atkinson (1988); Camprubi et al. (2003);
Mo-00034	48	18		K-Ar		Yes	Jordisite, Powellite, Wulfenite	Mo	2359	Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico		Camprubi et al. (2003); Deen and Atkinson (1988)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070545	Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R070545
R080003	Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R080003
C130838	Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	https://rruff.info/C130838
R061023	Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R061023
R060802	Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R060802
R080008	Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R080008
R060524	Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R060524
R070606	Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R070606

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