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Locality Name:
Amelia Mine, Arroyo De La Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 5565
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5565.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amelia Mine, Arroyo De La Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cumenge Shaft

Latitude: 27°19'43"N
Longitude: 112°19'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.328611111111,-112.32944444444
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 Cl Cu H K Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu H Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteGypsumNonePolybasite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Boleite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cumengeite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Phosgenite  (*)Pseudoboleite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)4818157365
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Cumengeite  (*)NonePb21Cu20Cl42(OH)40·6H2O043
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)60158
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]0249
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl20142
Pseudoboleite  (*)NonePb31Cu24Cl62(OH)48033
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O100312


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050022Amelia Mine, Arroyo De La Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050022
R060079Amelia Mine, Arroyo De La Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R060079

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