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Locality Name:
Guadalupe Mine, Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 38
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23

mindat Locality ID: 270667
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270667.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guadalupe Mine, Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: Ag C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteCopperNonePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksalt
SphaleriteTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S382302793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2382303419
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3823027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23823027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3823024243
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3382301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23823039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23823061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)382301711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)38230969
Silver  (*)CopperAg382305186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3823021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS438230586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13382305317



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_016epithermal


3 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
EG98_1029_tbl_1_016383638–36?K-Ar    Yes  21178Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTaxcoCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
Emily0004063832   whole rock  Yes  21178Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTaxco volcanic fieldMoran-Zenteno et al. (2004)10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002JVGR136_97 
sedznpb-0032233.923Oligocene?     Yes  21178Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTaxcoSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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