Predictive Mineralogy
Possible unrecorded species at Moctezuma Mine, 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 %), Aktashite (70.83 %), Altaite (81.34 %), Azurite (65.18 %), Benleonardite (87.50 %), Bohdanowiczite (82.14 %), Caledonite (65.04 %), Cervelleite (82.14 %), Chalcomenite (52.08 %), Coloradoite (70.39 %), Dickite (54.00 %), Goldfieldite (71.26 %), Gruzdevite (57.14 %), Hakite-(Hg) (86.67 %), Hessite (82.83 %), Jarosite (50.73 %), Klockmannite (67.53 %), Kostovite (82.76 %), Krennerite (68.94 %), Kuranakhite (54.55 %), Libethenite (61.75 %), Malachite (60.66 %), Mimetite (52.87 %), Molybdomenite (54.55 %), Montbrayite (76.00 %), Paratellurite (55.56 %), Plumbojarosite (51.39 %), Pseudomalachite (63.85 %), Pyrite (51.72 %), Rickardite (71.19 %), Siderite (51.43 %), Silver (50.22 %), Skippenite (60.00 %), Sphalerite (63.80 %), Tellurium (64.98 %), Tetradymite (72.59 %), Tiemannite (57.55 %), Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Galena | PbS | 100.00% | Acanthite (69.24 %), Aktashite (58.33 %), Altaite (73.81 %), Benleonardite (87.50 %), Bohdanowiczite (69.64 %), Burckhardtite (83.33 %), Caledonite (82.40 %), Carlfriesite (66.67 %), Cerussite (83.05 %), Cervelleite (85.71 %), Choloalite (75.00 %), Coloradoite (63.59 %), Dickite (50.00 %), Fornacite (63.64 %), Goldfieldite (73.56 %), Gruzdevite (71.43 %), Hakite-(Hg) (60.00 %), Henryite (66.67 %), Hessite (72.55 %), Kostovite (82.76 %), Krennerite (65.91 %), Kuranakhite (63.64 %), Mimetite (75.78 %), Montbrayite (64.00 %), Paratellurite (51.85 %), Plumbojarosite (74.12 %), Rickardite (67.80 %), Rodalquilarite (50.00 %), Rozhdestvenskayaite-(Zn) (80.00 %), Silver (52.62 %), Skippenite (80.00 %), Sphalerite (74.68 %), Tellurite (51.52 %), Tellurium (64.56 %), Tetradymite (60.52 %), Wulfenite (69.21 %), Yafsoanite (70.00 %), Zemannite (87.50 %) |
Hematite | Fe2O3 | 99.99% | Benleonardite (54.17 %), Bohdanowiczite (50.00 %), Chalcomenite (52.08 %), Fornacite (51.82 %), Gruzdevite (57.14 %), Hakite-(Hg) (66.67 %), Klockmannite (66.23 %), Kostovite (55.17 %), Molybdomenite (68.18 %), Tiemannite (51.89 %), Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Clausthalite | PbSe | 99.95% | Bohdanowiczite (75.00 %), Hakite-(Hg) (86.67 %), Klockmannite (71.43 %), Molybdomenite (77.27 %), Skippenite (50.00 %), Tiemannite (57.55 %) |
Chlorargyrite | AgCl | 99.91% | Burckhardtite (66.67 %), Choloalite (62.50 %), Rodalquilarite (60.00 %), Sonoraite (61.54 %), Tlapallite (71.43 %), Yafsoanite (60.00 %), Zemannite (62.50 %) |
Petzite | Ag3AuTe2 | 99.90% | Coloradoite (54.85 %), Henryite (66.67 %), Kostovite (86.21 %), Krennerite (68.18 %), Montbrayite (72.00 %), Rickardite (50.85 %) |
Anglesite | PbSO4 | 99.70% | Burckhardtite (83.33 %), Caledonite (76.28 %), Fornacite (53.64 %), Plumbojarosite (56.75 %), Zemannite (62.50 %) |
Bornite | Cu5FeS4 | 98.75% | Bohdanowiczite (62.50 %), Cervelleite (50.00 %), Hakite-(Hg) (60.00 %), Henryite (66.67 %), Skippenite (50.00 %) |
Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 | 98.73% | Burckhardtite (66.67 %), Fornacite (59.09 %), Pseudomalachite (50.70 %), Yafsoanite (50.00 %), Zemannite (62.50 %) |
Sylvanite | AgAuTe4 | 98.45% | Kostovite (79.31 %), Krennerite (62.88 %), Montbrayite (56.00 %), Rickardite (54.24 %) |
Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 97.68% | Aktashite (66.67 %), Benleonardite (58.33 %), Cervelleite (50.00 %), Chekhovichite (66.67 %) |
Linarite | PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 | 96.86% | Burckhardtite (66.67 %), Caledonite (81.17 %), Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Calaverite | AuTe2 | 96.53% | Kostovite (68.97 %), Krennerite (65.15 %), Montbrayite (68.00 %) |
Dugganite | Pb3Zn3(AsO4)2(TeO6) | 95.00% | Choloalite (50.00 %), Yafsoanite (60.00 %), Zemannite (75.00 %) |
Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 | 94.62% | Burckhardtite (66.67 %), Caledonite (56.97 %), Zemannite (62.50 %) |
Covellite | CuS | 94.06% | Caledonite (50.12 %), Goldfieldite (50.57 %), Paratellurite (51.85 %), Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Umangite | Cu3Se2 | 92.01% | Hakite-(Hg) (53.33 %), Klockmannite (62.34 %), Molybdomenite (54.55 %) |
Hemimorphite | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O | 91.66% | Burckhardtite (66.67 %), Zemannite (75.00 %) |
Mcalpineite | Cu3(Te6+O6) | 90.00% | Xocolatlite (80.00 %), Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Stibnite | Sb2S3 | 87.49% | Aktashite (70.83 %), Paradocrasite (57.14 %) |
Enargite | Cu3AsS4 | 84.05% | Goldfieldite (57.47 %), Zemannite (62.50 %) |
Tellurobismuthite | Bi2Te3 | 84.00% | Chekhovichite (66.67 %), Montbrayite (52.00 %) |
Khinite | Pb2+Cu2+3[Te6+O6](OH)2 | 83.33% | Burckhardtite (83.33 %) |
Phosphohedyphane | Ca2Pb3(PO4)3Cl | 83.33% | Burckhardtite (83.33 %) |
Timroseite | Pb2Cu5(TeO6)2(OH)2 | 83.33% | Burckhardtite (83.33 %) |
Cuprite | Cu2O | 81.44% | Libethenite (50.53 %), Zemannite (62.50 %) |
Berzelianite | Cu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12) | 81.29% | Hakite-(Hg) (60.00 %), Klockmannite (53.25 %) |
Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS | 78.54% | Altaite (53.19 %), Benleonardite (54.17 %) |
Beudantite | PbFe3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 | 75.00% | Zemannite (75.00 %) |
Realgar | As4S4 | 75.00% | Aktashite (75.00 %) |
Uraninite | UO2 | 73.33% | Hakite-(Hg) (73.33 %) |
Stibarsen | AsSb | 71.42% | Paradocrasite (71.43 %) |
Stützite | Ag5-xTe3, x = 0.24-0.36 | 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 %) |
Aurichalcite | (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 62.50% | Zemannite (62.50 %) |
Orpiment | As2S3 | 62.50% | Aktashite (62.50 %) |
Chalcocite | Cu2S | 60.00% | Hakite-(Hg) (60.00 %) |
Eskebornite | CuFeSe2 | 60.00% | Hakite-(Hg) (60.00 %) |
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 %) |
Xocomecatlite | Cu3(TeO4)(OH)4 | 57.14% | Tlapallite (57.14 %) |
Naumannite | Ag2Se | 55.35% | Bohdanowiczite (55.36 %) |
Colusite | Cu13VAs3S16 | 53.33% | Henryite (66.67 %) |
Iodargyrite | AgI | 53.33% | Burckhardtite (66.67 %) |
Eucairite | AgCuSe | 53.33% | Hakite-(Hg) (53.33 %) |
Ferroselite | FeSe2 | 53.33% | Hakite-(Hg) (53.33 %) |
Frohbergite | FeTe2 | 52.00% | Montbrayite (52.00 %) |
Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) | 50.00% | Skippenite (50.00 %) |
Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) | 50.00% | Skippenite (50.00 %) |
Molybdenite | MoS2 | 50.00% | Skippenite (50.00 %) |
Bismuthinite | Bi2S3 | 50.00% | Zemannite (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 %) |
Kettnerite | CaBiCO3OF | 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 %) |
Quetzalcoatlite | Zn6Cu3(TeO6)2(OH)6 · AgxPbyClx+2y | 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 %) |
Smithsonite | ZnCO3 | 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 %) |
Zincospiroffite | Zn2Te4+3O8 | 50.00% | Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Eurekadumpite | (Cu,Zn)16(TeO3)2(AsO4)3Cl(OH)18 · 7H2O | 50.00% | Zemannite (50.00 %) |
Marcasite | FeS2 | 50.00% | Benleonardite (50.00 %) |
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.