Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Melchor Múzquiz, Melchor Múzquiz Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 27248
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27248.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Melchor Múzquiz, Melchor Múzquiz Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Cedral Mine
Esperanza Mine
Mina Potrero
Rosario Mine
Salvadora Mine
San Francisco Mine
San Gertrudis Mine
Sierra Grande Mine
Tule Mine

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Quartz

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: Ba C Ca F Fe H O Pb S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum None Quartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Cerussite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Strontianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	3	82211,82214,82216	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	82219	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	82213	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	82213,82219	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	82213,82219	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	82215	4979
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	82212,82218,82219	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	82211,82214,82216,82217	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	82213	6890
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	82213	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	82211,82214,82216	6417
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	82219	589

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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