Place	Population	Distance
16 de Septiembre	296 (2014)	4.1km
Santa Matilde	159 (2014)	5.4km
Santa Matilde	159 (2018)	5.5km
Altar	7,927 (2018)	5.7km
Llano Blanco (Rancho Seco)	460 (2013)	7.8km

Mindat Locality ID:

10442

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:10442:4

GUID (UUID V4):

Ref.: Panczner(1987):375.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

Formula: Cu₆(Cu₄C²⁺₂)Sb₄S₁₂S

References:

Panczner, William D. (1987) Minerals of Mexico. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. 459 pp.p.375

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'	2.GB.05	Cu₆(Cu₄C²⁺₂)Sb₄S₁₂S

List of minerals for each chemical element

S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup	Cu₆(Cu₄C₂²⁺)Sb₄S₁₂S
Cu	Copper
Cu	ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup	Cu₆(Cu₄C₂²⁺)Sb₄S₁₂S
Sb	Antimony
Sb	ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup	Cu₆(Cu₄C₂²⁺)Sb₄S₁₂S

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

Mexico

Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range

North AmericaContinent

Sonoran DesertDesert

North America PlateTectonic Plate

Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift

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