Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tayoltita Mine, Tayoltita, San Dimas District, San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 38.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31.9

mindat Locality ID: 25025
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25025.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tayoltita Mine, Tayoltita, San Dimas District, San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°5'0"N
Longitude: 105°56'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.083333333333,-105.93333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Jalpaite	Mica	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Titanite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jalpaite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Jalpaite Mica None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Titanite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	38.6	31.9	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	38.6	31.9	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	38.6	31.9	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	38.6	31.9	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	38.6	31.9	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	38.6	31.9	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	38.6	31.9	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	38.6	31.9	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	38.6	31.9	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	38.6	31.9	5433
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	38.6	31.9	116
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	38.6	31.9	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	38.6	31.9	17380
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	38.6	31.9	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	38.6	31.9	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	38.6	31.9	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	38.6	31.9	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	38.6	31.9	969
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	38.6	31.9	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	38.6	31.9	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	38.6	31.9	4899

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_011	epithermal

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	EG98_1029_tbl_1_011	38.6	31.9	38.6–31.9	K-Ar						Yes				27971	San Dimas District, San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico	San Dimas	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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