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Molybdenite from
Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Age information
Maximum recorded age:57.6 Ma
Minimum recorded age:49.7 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
157.6 to 57.2 MaPaleocene - Re-Os
257.4 to 57 MaPaleocene - Re-Os
357.2 to 56.8 MaPaleocene - Re-Os
452.3 to 51.7 MaEocene - Re-Os
556.1 to 55.5 MaPaleogene - Re-Os
653.2 to 52.6 MaEocene - Re-Os
752.9 to 52.3 MaEocene - Re-Os
850.4 to 49.8 MaEocene - Re-Os
950.3 to 49.7 MaEocene - Re-Os
1052.3 to 51.7 MaEocene - Re-Os
1151.9 to 51.3 MaEocene - Re-Os
Sample references:
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Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V. A., Ochoa-Landin, L., Chesley, J. T., Zurcher, L. (2005) Laramide Porphyry Cu-Mo Mineralization in Northern Mexico: Age Constraints from Re-Os Geochronology in Molybdenite. Economic Geology, 100 (8) 1605-1616 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605
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Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V. A., Ochoa-Landin, L., Chesley, J. T., Zurcher, L. (2005) Laramide Porphyry Cu-Mo Mineralization in Northern Mexico: Age Constraints from Re-Os Geochronology in Molybdenite. Economic Geology, 100 (8) 1605-1616 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605
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Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V. A., Ochoa-Landin, L., Chesley, J. T., Zurcher, L. (2005) Laramide Porphyry Cu-Mo Mineralization in Northern Mexico: Age Constraints from Re-Os Geochronology in Molybdenite. Economic Geology, 100 (8) 1605-1616 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605
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Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V. A., Ochoa-Landin, L., Chesley, J. T., Zurcher, L. (2005) Laramide Porphyry Cu-Mo Mineralization in Northern Mexico: Age Constraints from Re-Os Geochronology in Molybdenite. Economic Geology, 100 (8) 1605-1616 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605
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Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V. A., Ochoa-Landin, L., Chesley, J. T., Zurcher, L. (2005) Laramide Porphyry Cu-Mo Mineralization in Northern Mexico: Age Constraints from Re-Os Geochronology in Molybdenite. Economic Geology, 100 (8) 1605-1616 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605
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Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V. A., Ochoa-Landin, L., Chesley, J. T., Zurcher, L. (2005) Laramide Porphyry Cu-Mo Mineralization in Northern Mexico: Age Constraints from Re-Os Geochronology in Molybdenite. Economic Geology, 100 (8) 1605-1616 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605
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Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V. A., Ochoa-Landin, L., Chesley, J. T., Zurcher, L. (2005) Laramide Porphyry Cu-Mo Mineralization in Northern Mexico: Age Constraints from Re-Os Geochronology in Molybdenite. Economic Geology, 100 (8) 1605-1616 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605
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Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V. A., Ochoa-Landin, L., Chesley, J. T., Zurcher, L. (2005) Laramide Porphyry Cu-Mo Mineralization in Northern Mexico: Age Constraints from Re-Os Geochronology in Molybdenite. Economic Geology, 100 (8) 1605-1616 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605
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Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V. A., Ochoa-Landin, L., Chesley, J. T., Zurcher, L. (2005) Laramide Porphyry Cu-Mo Mineralization in Northern Mexico: Age Constraints from Re-Os Geochronology in Molybdenite. Economic Geology, 100 (8) 1605-1616 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605
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Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V. A., Ochoa-Landin, L., Chesley, J. T., Zurcher, L. (2005) Laramide Porphyry Cu-Mo Mineralization in Northern Mexico: Age Constraints from Re-Os Geochronology in Molybdenite. Economic Geology, 100 (8) 1605-1616 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605
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Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V. A., Ochoa-Landin, L., Chesley, J. T., Zurcher, L. (2005) Laramide Porphyry Cu-Mo Mineralization in Northern Mexico: Age Constraints from Re-Os Geochronology in Molybdenite. Economic Geology, 100 (8) 1605-1616 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tameapa Mine, Tameapa, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:618863
Long-form Identifier:1:3:618863:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., Moring, B.C. (2008) Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. Open-File Report 2008-1155
 
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