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Locality Name:
Topia, Topia Municipality, Durango, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 43.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 43.8

mindat Locality ID: 25588
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25588.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Topia, Topia Municipality, Durango, Mexico": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
Adrugada Mine
Candelaria Mine
Cantarranas Mine
Charrera Mine
Colorada Mine
Contaranas Mine
Fe Mine (La Fe Mine)
La Purísima Mine
Magistral Mine
Marquesa Mine
Ocotal Mine (Otatal Mine)
Otela Mine
Palmira Mine
Perla Mine
Picacho Mine
Prieta Mine
Provedora Mine
Providencia Mine
Refugio Mine
Restauradora Mine
Salto Mine
San Antonio Mine
San Felipe Mine
San José Del Tigre Mine
San José Mine
Santa Cruz Mine
Santa Eduwigis Mine
Santa Gertrudis Mine
Santa Juliana Mine
Santa Paulina Mine
Toro Mine
Victoria Mine

Latitude: 25°13'0"N
Longitude: 106°33'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.216666666667,-106.56638888889

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Celadonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba Ca F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Fluorite
Kaolinite Marcasite Mica None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	43.8	43.8	1	82694	2793
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	43.8	43.8	1	82719	312
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	43.8	43.8	0		9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	43.8	43.8	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	43.8	43.8	1	82714	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	43.8	43.8	0		309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	43.8	43.8	3	82706,82717,82724	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	43.8	43.8	0		577
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	43.8	43.8	0		1756
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	43.8	43.8	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	43.8	43.8	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	43.8	43.8	0		30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	43.8	43.8	1	82710	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	43.8	43.8	0		5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	43.8	43.8	0		5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	43.8	43.8	0		17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	43.8	43.8	2	82717,82720	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	43.8	43.8	1	82699	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	43.8	43.8	12	82700,82701,82702,82704,82705,82706,82708,82711,82712,82716,82718,82724	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	43.8	43.8	0		61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	43.8	43.8	1	82720	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	43.8	43.8	23	82695,82696,82697,82698,82701,82702,82703,82704,82706,82707,82708,82709,82712,82713,82715,82716,82718,82720,82721,82722,82723,82724,82725	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	43.8	43.8	2	82703,82707	5317

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_012	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_012	43.8	43.8	43.8	K-Ar										25588	Topia, Topia Municipality, Durango, Mexico	Topia	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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