Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nacozari De García, Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 58.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 53.3

mindat Locality ID: 23562
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23562.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nacozari De García, Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Canutillo Mine
El Batamote Cu Deposit
Paulina Mine
Santo Domingo Mine

Latitude: 30°23'43"N
Longitude: 109°35'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.395277777778,-109.58805555556

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Spinel	Stibnite

Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Malachite Mica
Molybdenite None Pyrite Spinel Stibnite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	54.1	53.3	1	84451	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	58.8	54.8	1	84450	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	58.8	54.8	1	84450	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	58.8	54.8	1	84450	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	54.1	53.3	1	84449	345
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	58.8	54.8	1	84450	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	58.8	53.3	2	84450,84451	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	58.8	54.8	1	84450	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	58.8	54.8	1	84450	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	58.8	54.8	1	84450	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	58.8	53.3	2	84449,84450	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	54.1	53.3	1	84449	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	58.8	54.8	1	84450	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	58.8	53.3	2	84450,84452	39462

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
	Mo-00209	54.1	53.3		Re-Os			molybdenite			Yes	Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite, Molybdite	Mo	27090	Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico		Valencia et al. (2005)	10.1007/s00126-005-0480-1	MD40_175
	PorphCu-00576	58.8	54.8	56.8±2									Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	207317	El Batamote Cu Deposit, Nacozari De García, Nacozari De García Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	El Batamote	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

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