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Locality Name:
San Agustín Mine, Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 20236
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20236.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Agustín Mine, Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°18'0"N
Longitude: 99°21'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.3,-99.35

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Hg S Sb 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Hg S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
None

3 IMA Minerals at location:
Cinnabar  (*)Livingstonite  (*)Mercury  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS345.302600
Livingstonite  (*)NoneHgSb4S6(S)2345.3024
Mercury  (*)NoneHg345.30397



15 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Emily00040736.134.135.1±1K-Ar biotiteSol 5 Yes  2332Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTilzpotla CalderaMoran-Zenteno et al. (2004)10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002JVGR136_97 
Emily00040835.23334.1±1.1K-Ar biotiteSol 9 Yes  2332Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTilzpotla CalderaMoran-Zenteno et al. (2004)10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002JVGR136_97 
Emily00040935.733.734.7±1K-Ar biotiteTz25-98 Yes  2332Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTilzpotla CalderaMoran-Zenteno et al. (2004)10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002JVGR136_97 
Emily00041035.832.834.3±1.5K-Ar biotiteTz145-01 Yes  2332Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTilzpotla CalderaMoran-Zenteno et al. (2004)10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002JVGR136_97 
Emily00041134.3634.1634.26±0.1K-Ar sanidineSOL 2 YesSanidineSanidine 2332Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTilzpotla CalderaMoran-Zenteno et al. (2004)10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002JVGR136_97 
Emily00041235.130.132.6±2.5K-Ar plagioclaseTZ187-01 Yes  2332Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTilzpotla CalderaMoran-Zenteno et al. (2004)10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002JVGR136_97 
Emily00041336.534.535.5±1K-Ar sanidineTz4-99 YesSanidineSanidine 2332Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTilzpotla CalderaMoran-Zenteno et al. (2004)10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002JVGR136_97 
Emily00041435.83334.4±1.4K-Ar plagioclaseTz17-99 Yes  2332Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTilzpotla CalderaMoran-Zenteno et al. (2004)10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002JVGR136_97 
Emily00041534.431.232.8±1.6K-Ar plagioclaseTz18-99 Yes  2332Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTilzpotla CalderaMoran-Zenteno et al. (2004)10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002JVGR136_97 
Emily00041632.8532.6532.75±0.1Ar-Ar plagioclaseTz63-02 Yes  2332Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTilzpotla CalderaMoran-Zenteno et al. (2004)10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002JVGR136_97 
Emily00041733.5333.3333.43±0.1Ar-Ar plagioclaseTz62-02 Yes  2332Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTilzpotla CalderaMoran-Zenteno et al. (2004)10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002JVGR136_97 
Emily00041833.1831.1832.18±1Rb-Sr biotiteBv 21 Yes  2332Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTilzpotla CalderaMoran-Zenteno et al. (2004)10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002JVGR136_97 
Emily00041933.1831.1832.18±1Rb-Sr whole rockBv 21 Yes  2332Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTilzpotla CalderaMoran-Zenteno et al. (2004)10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002JVGR136_97 
Emily00042034.3534.1734.26±0.0940Ar/39Ar sanidineSol 2 YesSanidineSanidine 2332Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTilzpotla CalderaMoran-Zenteno et al. (2004)10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002JVGR136_97 
Hg-00020345.3 K-Ar, Rb-Sr    YesChristite, Cinnabar, Livingstonite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Routhierite, Simonite, VrbaiteHg2332Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Campa and Ramírez (1979); Camprubi et al. (2003); Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004)   


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