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Locality Name:
Naco Municipality, Sonora, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 295083
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295083.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Naco Municipality, Sonora, Mexico": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cerro Morita

Latitude: 31°16'59"N
Longitude: 109°49'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.283055555556,-109.83277777778
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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K O P Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChenevixiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeMalachiteNonePyriteQuartz

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Balkanite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Zapatalite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1844392793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6184439966
Balkanite  (*)NoneAg5Cu9HgS81844399
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18443911547
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6184439132
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18443927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1844395707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218443927198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)218443990
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1844393531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1844392600
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4184439175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1844394165
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1844397437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318443914640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61844392228
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)184439234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218443912537
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4184439369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218443939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218443961156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1844395186
Zapatalite  (*)NoneCu3Al4(PO4)3(OH)9·4H2O1844397


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050264Cerro Morita, Naco Municipality, Sonora, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050264

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