Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Yesca, La Yesca Municipality, Nayarit, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 27149
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27149.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Yesca, La Yesca Municipality, Nayarit, Mexico": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Aurora Mine
Buena Vista Mine
Cabrera Mine
Colorada Mine
Florida Mine
Mirador Mine
Morada Mine
Tajos Mine

Latitude: 21°18'59"N
Longitude: 104°'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.316388888889,-104

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	Amorphous	Copper	None	Pyrite	Rutile	Sphalerite

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 Fe H Mn O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Copper None Pyrite Rutile Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Opal ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	83644,83648,83649	2793
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	83643	2994
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	83649	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	83647	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	83645	3106
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	83642,83646	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	83644,83648,83649	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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