Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Jarosite at Michoacan, Mexico

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 145Ma - 129.9Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00332	145	129.9		Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gold, Jarosite, Pyrite	Cu	205987	Tepalcuatita Prospect, Los Habilos, Tepalcatepec Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Specified age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00332	145	129.9		Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gold, Jarosite, Pyrite	Cu	205987	Tepalcuatita Prospect, Los Habilos, Tepalcatepec Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
EG98_1029_tbl_1_022	27	27				14670	Tlalpujahua, San Pedro Y San Pablo De Tlalpujahua District, Tlalpujahua Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	Camprubi et al. (2003)	EG98_1029
PorphCu-00041	36	36		Actinolite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Goethite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite	Cu	11973	Inguaran Mine, Inguaran, La Huacana Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00046	34.1	32.7		Albite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Epidote, Goethite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite	Cu	14115	La Verde Mine, Nueva Italia De Ruiz, Mugica Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00331	150	122		Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Pyrite	Cu	205986	Tiámaro Cu-Au Deposit, Tuzantla, Tuzantla Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00333	1895	1879			Cu	205987	Tepalcuatita Prospect, Los Habilos, Tepalcatepec Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	Singer et al. (2005)	USGSOFR2005_1060
PorphCu-00334	33.2	31.8		Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Neotocite	Cu	205988	Cerro Pelon, San Isidro, La Huacana Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155