Predictive Mineralogy
Possible unrecorded species at Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
This table is based on statistical analysis of other localities containing similar species to the ones found at this locality.
Possible missing species | Formula | Match % | Due to recorded presence of |
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Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 100.00% | Acanthite (62.06 %), Agardite-(Y) (65.69 %), Aktashite (70.83 %), Altaite (81.34 %), Anglesite (58.14 %), Azurite (65.18 %), Benleonardite (87.50 %), Bismuthinite (73.84 %), Bohdanowiczite (82.14 %), Bornite (85.52 %), Brochantite (71.06 %), Caledonite (65.04 %), Cervelleite (82.14 %), Chalcomenite (52.08 %), Chalcostibite (75.24 %), Clausthalite (75.56 %), Coloradoite (70.39 %), Coronadite (53.87 %), Devilline (78.27 %), Dickite (54.00 %), Empressite (85.42 %), Enargite (73.08 %), Famatinite (75.88 %), Galena (56.79 %), Geffroyite (83.33 %), Giraudite-(Zn) (66.67 %), Goldfieldite (71.26 %), Graemite (55.56 %), Gruzdevite (57.14 %), Hakite-(Hg) (86.67 %), Haycockite (80.00 %), Hessite (82.83 %), Iodargyrite (50.71 %), Jarosite (50.73 %), Khinite (52.63 %), Klockmannite (67.53 %), Kostovite (82.76 %), Krennerite (68.94 %), Kuranakhite (54.55 %), Libethenite (61.75 %), Linarite (69.97 %), Luanheite (73.68 %), Malachite (60.66 %), Miersite (64.29 %), Mimetite (52.87 %), Molybdomenite (54.55 %), Montbrayite (76.00 %), Mottramite (52.65 %), Naumannite (71.07 %), Nuffieldite (76.32 %), Paraschachnerite (50.00 %), Paratellurite (55.56 %), Petzite (73.64 %), Plumbojarosite (51.39 %), Poubaite (80.00 %), Pseudomalachite (63.85 %), Pyrargyrite (63.59 %), Pyrite (51.72 %), Rickardite (71.19 %), Schachnerite (68.75 %), Siderite (51.43 %), Silver (50.22 %), Skippenite (60.00 %), Sphalerite (63.80 %), Stützite (85.60 %), Tellurium (64.98 %), Tenorite (68.61 %), Tetradymite (72.59 %), Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (84.82 %), Tiemannite (57.55 %), Tsumoite (84.00 %), Wittichenite (89.32 %), Zemannite (50.00 %), Zincospiroffite (57.14 %) |
Hematite | Fe2O3 | 99.99% | Benleonardite (54.17 %), Bohdanowiczite (50.00 %), Chalcomenite (52.08 %), Dugganite (52.38 %), Fornacite (51.82 %), Geffroyite (58.33 %), Gruzdevite (57.14 %), Hakite-(Hg) (66.67 %), Klockmannite (66.23 %), Kostovite (55.17 %), Luanheite (57.89 %), Miersite (50.00 %), Molybdomenite (68.18 %), Poubaite (50.00 %), Tiemannite (51.89 %), Wittichenite (51.23 %), Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 | 99.99% | Agardite-(Y) (51.96 %), Burckhardtite (66.67 %), Dugganite (61.90 %), Fornacite (59.09 %), Khinite (63.16 %), Miersite (57.14 %), Mottramite (51.11 %), Pseudomalachite (50.70 %), Quetzalcoatlite (63.64 %), Xocomecatlite (53.85 %), Yafsoanite (50.00 %), Zemannite (62.50 %) |
Covellite | CuS | 99.95% | Caledonite (50.12 %), Famatinite (51.26 %), Geffroyite (58.33 %), Goldfieldite (50.57 %), Luanheite (57.89 %), Paratellurite (51.85 %), Poubaite (50.00 %), Wittichenite (54.25 %), Zemannite (50.00 %), Zincospiroffite (57.14 %) |
Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 99.80% | Aktashite (66.67 %), Benleonardite (58.33 %), Cervelleite (50.00 %), Chalcostibite (60.68 %), Chekhovichite (66.67 %), Luanheite (57.89 %), Schachnerite (50.00 %) |
Chalcocite | Cu2S | 99.72% | Graemite (55.56 %), Hakite-(Hg) (60.00 %), Miersite (57.14 %), Petrovicite (83.33 %), Tenorite (51.44 %), Wittichenite (56.16 %) |
Hemimorphite | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O | 99.51% | Burckhardtite (66.67 %), Dugganite (61.90 %), Khinite (57.89 %), Quetzalcoatlite (63.64 %), Zemannite (75.00 %) |
Sylvanite | AgAuTe4 | 99.24% | Kostovite (79.31 %), Krennerite (62.88 %), Montbrayite (56.00 %), Rickardite (54.24 %), Stützite (51.20 %) |
Umangite | Cu3Se2 | 98.66% | Hakite-(Hg) (53.33 %), Klockmannite (62.34 %), Molybdomenite (54.55 %), Petrovicite (83.33 %) |
Cuprite | Cu2O | 98.62% | Devilline (53.50 %), Libethenite (50.53 %), Miersite (64.29 %), Tenorite (55.30 %), Zemannite (62.50 %) |
Berzelianite | Cu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12) | 97.22% | Giraudite-(Zn) (55.56 %), Hakite-(Hg) (60.00 %), Klockmannite (53.25 %), Petrovicite (66.67 %) |
Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS | 96.95% | Altaite (53.19 %), Benleonardite (54.17 %), Haycockite (53.33 %), Tsumoite (69.60 %) |
Calaverite | AuTe2 | 96.53% | Kostovite (68.97 %), Krennerite (65.15 %), Montbrayite (68.00 %) |
Stibnite | Sb2S3 | 95.87% | Aktashite (70.83 %), Chalcostibite (66.99 %), Paradocrasite (57.14 %) |
Tellurobismuthite | Bi2Te3 | 92.00% | Chekhovichite (66.67 %), Montbrayite (52.00 %), Poubaite (50.00 %) |
Phosphohedyphane | Ca2Pb3(PO4)3Cl | 83.33% | Burckhardtite (83.33 %) |
Timroseite | Pb2Cu5(TeO6)2(OH)2 | 83.33% | Burckhardtite (83.33 %) |
Aurichalcite | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 82.95% | Quetzalcoatlite (54.55 %), Zemannite (62.50 %) |
Eskebornite | CuFeSe2 | 82.22% | Giraudite-(Zn) (55.56 %), Hakite-(Hg) (60.00 %) |
Smithsonite | ZnCO3 | 82.14% | Miersite (64.29 %), Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Kettnerite | CaBiCO3OF | 81.81% | Quetzalcoatlite (63.64 %), Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Mercury | Hg | 81.00% | Calomel (62.00 %), Schachnerite (50.00 %) |
Marcasite | FeS2 | 80.00% | Benleonardite (50.00 %), Poubaite (60.00 %) |
Molybdenite | MoS2 | 77.99% | Powellite (55.99 %), Skippenite (50.00 %) |
Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) | 75.00% | Geffroyite (50.00 %), Skippenite (50.00 %) |
Beudantite | PbFe3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 | 75.00% | Zemannite (75.00 %) |
Realgar | As4S4 | 75.00% | Aktashite (75.00 %) |
Mooihoekite | Cu9Fe9S16 | 73.33% | Haycockite (73.33 %) |
Copper | Cu | 71.42% | Miersite (71.43 %) |
Stibarsen | AsSb | 71.42% | Paradocrasite (71.43 %) |
Colusite | Cu13VAs3S16 | 66.66% | Henryite (66.67 %) |
Munakataite | Pb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(SO4)(OH)4 | 66.66% | Burckhardtite (66.67 %) |
Thorneite | Pb6(Te6+2O10)(CO3)Cl2(H2O) | 66.66% | Burckhardtite (66.67 %) |
Housleyite | Pb6CuTe6+4O18(OH)2 | 66.66% | Burckhardtite (66.67 %) |
Telluroperite | Pb3TeO4Cl2 | 66.66% | Burckhardtite (66.67 %) |
Ottoite | Pb2TeO5 | 66.66% | Burckhardtite (66.67 %) |
Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 | 62.50% | Schachnerite (62.50 %) |
Orpiment | As2S3 | 62.50% | Aktashite (62.50 %) |
Kuksite | Pb3Zn3(PO4)2(TeO6) | 60.00% | Yafsoanite (60.00 %) |
Magnetite | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 58.33% | Benleonardite (58.33 %) |
Antimony | Sb | 57.14% | Paradocrasite (57.14 %) |
Bismuth | Bi | 55.26% | Nuffieldite (55.26 %) |
Cosalite | Pb2Bi2S5 | 55.26% | Nuffieldite (55.26 %) |
Eucairite | AgCuSe | 53.33% | Hakite-(Hg) (53.33 %) |
Ferroselite | FeSe2 | 53.33% | Hakite-(Hg) (53.33 %) |
Cubanite | CuFe2S3 | 53.33% | Haycockite (53.33 %) |
Frohbergite | FeTe2 | 52.00% | Montbrayite (52.00 %) |
Autunite | Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O | 51.51% | Torbernite (51.52 %) |
Atacamite | Cu2(OH)3Cl | 50.00% | Miersite (50.00 %) |
Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) | 50.00% | Skippenite (50.00 %) |
Conichalcite | CaCu(AsO4)(OH) | 50.00% | Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Cornwallite | Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 | 50.00% | Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Hydrozincite | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 50.00% | Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Langite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O | 50.00% | Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Mixite | BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6 · 3H2O | 50.00% | Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Olivenite | Cu2(AsO4)(OH) | 50.00% | Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Preisingerite | Bi3(AsO4)2O(OH) | 50.00% | Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Rosasite | (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2 | 50.00% | Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Scorodite | Fe3+AsO4 · 2H2O | 50.00% | Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Tyrolite | Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8 · 11H2O | 50.00% | Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Utahite | MgCu4Zn2Te6+3O14(OH)4 · 6H2O | 50.00% | Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Eurekadumpite | (Cu,Zn)16(TeO3)2(AsO4)3Cl(OH)18 · 7H2O | 50.00% | Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Scheelite | Ca(WO4) | 48.22% | Powellite (60.29 %) |
Pentlandite | (NixFey)Σ9S8 | 48.00% | Haycockite (60.00 %) |
Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | 44.01% | Thorite (55.02 %) |
Bukovite | (Cu3Fe)Σ4Tl2Se4 | 42.66% | Hakite-(Hg) (53.33 %) |
Svanbergite | SrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 | 40.00% | Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Key: Mineral matches key element mineralogy of deposit Key element(s) in mineral not listed for deposit (-20% score)
Predicting paragenetic modes of deposit
Green indicates almost certain match based on minerals unique to a certain deposit type. Yellow indicates a possibly poor match, but should not be entirely discounted. Scores > 100 indicate strong confidence.