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Durango rhyolite tin

Durango State (Sierra Madre Occidental), Mexico

Epithermal depositsSn

Type
Wood tin in rhyolite domes

Oligocene rhyolite-hosted tin deposits of Durango State: veinlet cassiterite precipitated from vapour-rich fluids. Position within Durango State, no deposit specified. Indicative coordinates.

δ124Sn in ‰ (per mil) Values of the same system

Standard : NIST SRM 3161a

ValueRangenMineral or matrixSource
−0.21 ± 0.55 ‰−1 / 0.64 ‰8cassiterite (wood tin), single grains
Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 8 samples, Table 4. Minus signs missing from the extracted text, restored from the page image. Values reproduced by Mathur et al. (2025).
Wang et al. (2019), Experimental evidence for fractionation of tin chlorides by redox and…

Deposits of the same type

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IsoFind Atlas (2026). Durango rhyolite tin, isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/etain-rhyolitique-de-durango/ (accessed 2026-10-13).

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  title = {Durango rhyolite tin, isotope signatures},
  author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/etain-rhyolitique-de-durango/},
  note = {Accessed 2026-10-13}
}

Updated : 2026-10-13