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Locality Name:
Rodeo Municipality, Durango, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 27006
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27006.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rodeo Municipality, Durango, Mexico": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Rodeo
San Antonio

Latitude: 25°18'59"N
Longitude: 104°40'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.316388888889,-104.68277777778
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: Al C Ca F Fe H K Mn O P S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteCalciteClayColumbiteCorundumDiasporeDufréniteFluoriteKaoliniteLeucophosphite
LipscombiteNoneQuartz

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Creedite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gearksutite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Lipscombite  (*)Quartz  (*)Strengite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O182596280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)282596,8259927770
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O18259648
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O182596139
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21825969617
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O18259668
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1825967437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318259614640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)182597469
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61825962228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41825965591
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O182596110
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)218259647
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218259661156
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O182596263


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050127Rodeo, Rodeo Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050127
R050141Navidad Mine (Mina Navidad; Abasolo Mine; Rodeo Mine), Abasolo, Rodeo, Rodeo Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050141
R050009Amparo Mine (La Fe Mine), San Antonio, Rodeo Municipality, Durango, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050009

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