Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Santo Nino Vein, Fresnillo De Gonzalez Echeverria (Fresnillo), Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 32
Youngest recorded age at locality: 28

mindat Locality ID: 270668
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270668.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santo Nino Vein, Fresnillo De Gonzalez Echeverria (Fresnillo), Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	32	28	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	32	28	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	32	28	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	32	28	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	32	28	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	32	28	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	32	28	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	32	28	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	32	28	5674
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	32	28	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	32	28	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	32	28	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	32	28	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	32	28	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	32	28	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	32	28	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	32	28	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	32	28	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	32	28	5317

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_030	epithermal

1 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
	EG98_1029_tbl_1_030	32	28	32–28	K-Ar						Yes				4523	Fresnillo De Gonzalez Echeverria (Fresnillo), Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico	Fresnillo	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029

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