Mineral Evolution Database
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    • Minerals queried: Margaritasite

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    Max Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)mindat IDLocality containing MineralCountryTectonic SettingsDated Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Reference (Max Age)Reference (Min Age)Excel ID (Max Age)Excel ID (Min Age)Query Minerals# of Query Minerals at LocalityLat DegLat MinLat SecLon DegLon MinLon SecDecimal Degree
    P44.9538.32285MexicoMexicoEG86_233EG86_233Giersdorf_00000961Giersdorf_00000961Margaritasite 1222655-102-27-1522.448611111111,-102.45416666667
    P44.9538.32297Chihuahua, MexicoMexicoEG86_233EG86_233Giersdorf_00000961Giersdorf_00000961Margaritasite 1281923-106-41-2628.323055555556,-106.69055555556
    P44.9538.317024Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua, MexicoMexicoEG86_233EG86_233Giersdorf_00000961Giersdorf_00000961Margaritasite 129318-105-40-4029.055,-105.67777777778
    P44.9538.322313Peña Blanca District, Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua, MexicoMexicoEG86_233EG86_233Giersdorf_00000961Giersdorf_00000961Margaritasite 12979-106-2-5629.119166666667,-106.04888888889
    P44.9538.317023Sierra Peña Blanca, Peña Blanca District, Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua, MexicoMexicoEG86_233EG86_233Giersdorf_00000961Giersdorf_00000961Margaritasite 12979-106-2-5729.119166666667,-106.04916666667
    MDB44.9538.315672Margaritas No. 1 Mine, Sierra Peña Blanca, Peña Blanca District, Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua, MexicoMexico15672Margaritas No. 1 Mine, Sierra Peña Blanca, Peña Blanca District, Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua, MexicoEG86_233EG86_233Giersdorf_00000961Giersdorf_00000961Margaritasite 10000000,0
    MDRB44.9538.315673Margaritas No. 2 Mine, Sierra Peña Blanca, Peña Blanca District, Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua, MexicoMexico15672Margaritas No. 1 Mine, Sierra Peña Blanca, Peña Blanca District, Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua, MexicoEG86_233EG86_233Giersdorf_00000961Giersdorf_00000961Margaritasite 10000000,0

    This mineral directly occurs at 2 localities (2 localities according to mindat, 7 localities if parents are counted as well)
    Of the 2 localities at which this mineral occurs, 2 have an age. (7 of the 7 parent localities have ages)


    MDThe mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, but does not have an age yet.
    MDThe mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, and has an age.
    The mineral occurs at some child of this locality.
    The locality at which the mineral occurs does not have an age...this is the closest parent locality with an age, relative to that mineral. This is not ideal.

    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.

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     This bottom-level locality is directly dated. (1 total)
     This locality is directly dated, but is not bottom-level. (0 total)
     This locality is not directly dated, and is not bottom-level. (5 total)

     This bottom-level locality has an age assigned to it from some other locality. (1 total)
     This locality does not have an age assigned to it. (0 bottom-level + 0 top/mid-level = 0 total)

       






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