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Locality Name:
Zimapán, Zimapán Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23

mindat Locality ID: 2331
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2331.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zimapán, Zimapán Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 42
Child Localities:
Afloramiento Mine
Albarradon Mine
Balcones Mine
Bernal Mine
Carmen Mine
Chacuaco Viejo Mine
Chiquihuitemire Mine
Chiquihuites Mine
Concordia Mine
Cruz Mine
Dolores Mine
Estacas Mine
Flojanales Mine
Guadalupe Mine
Lomo Deltoro Mine
Luz Mine
Miguel Hidalgo Mine
Nuestra Señora Mine
Palma Mine
Pamplona Mine
Preciosa Sangre Mine
Salvadora Mine
San Cayetano Mine
San Clemente Mine
San Francisco Mine
San Gabriel Mine
San Guillermo Mine
San Juan Mine
San Judas Mine
San Miguel Mine
San Pascual Mine (San Pasquale Mine)
San Rafael Mine
San Vicente Mine
Santa Clara Mine
Santa Eleonora Mine
Santa Gorgonia Mine
Santa Inés Mine
Santa Rita Mine
Santo Tomás Mine
Sirena Mine
Tecomates Mine
Versosas Mine

Latitude: 20°45'0"N
Longitude: 99°20'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.75,-99.349722222222

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite
Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corrensite	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kobellite	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Meneghinite
Mica	Minium	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spurrite-Afwillite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite
Zinkenite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite
Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corrensite Corundum Cubanite Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kobellite Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Meneghinite
Mica Minium Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spurrite-Afwillite Stannite Tetrahedrite Tridymite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite
Zinkenite

73 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Adamite ()*	Alamosite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cosalite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Galenobismutite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Hidalgoite ()*	Hydrobiotite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Litharge ()*	Löllingite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Massicot ()*	Melanterite ()*	Meneghinite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Minium ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Monticellite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spurrite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Zinkenite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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	33.9	23	0		2793
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	33.9	23	1	83175	254
Alamosite ()*	Not in a structural group	PbSiO₃	33.9	23	1	83189	17
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	33.9	23	0		1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	33.9	23	4	83168,83173,83179,83189	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	33.9	23	3	83163,83173,83189	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	33.9	23	1	83173	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	33.9	23	1	83178	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	33.9	23	1	83189	413
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	33.9	23	0		5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	33.9	23	0		843
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	33.9	23	2	83171,83193	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	33.9	23	0		27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	33.9	23	5	83172,83173,83175,83189,83196	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	33.9	23	1	83173	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	33.9	23	1	83172	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	33.9	23	1	83167	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	33.9	23	1	83174	3846
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	33.9	23	0		344
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	33.9	23	0		802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	33.9	23	0		4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	33.9	23	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	33.9	23	4	83161,83165,83173,83192	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	33.9	23	0		663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	33.9	23	4	83161,83173,83175,83189	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	33.9	23	0		192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	33.9	23	1	83173	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	33.9	23	0		1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	33.9	23	6	83161,83172,83173,83188,83195,83197	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	33.9	23	0		804
Hidalgoite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)₆	33.9	23	1	83189	57
Hydrobiotite ()*	Corrensite Clay	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·nH₂O	33.9	23	1	83173	49
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	33.9	23	6	83159,83166,83175,83191,83198,83199	784
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	33.9	23	1	83172	139
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	33.9	23	1	83196	762
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	33.9	23	2	83172,83173	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	33.9	23	0		5674
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	33.9	23	2	83172,83173	202
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	33.9	23	1	83173	915
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	33.9	23	2	83167,83173	158
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	33.9	23	1	83172	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	33.9	23	1	83173	247
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	33.9	23	1	83173	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	33.9	23	1	83173	140
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	33.9	23	1	83173	153
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	33.9	23	2	83173,83189	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	33.9	23	1	83173	884
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	33.9	23	2	83169,83175	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	33.9	23	1	83173	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	33.9	23	1	83189	2349
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	33.9	23	1	83173	477
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	33.9	23	1	83173	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	33.9	23	1	83189	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	33.9	23	2	83169,83172	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	33.9	23	8	83159,83161,83164,83166,83167,83175,83185,83199	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	33.9	23	0		61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	33.9	23	1	83173	712
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	33.9	23	1	83167	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	33.9	23	2	83169,83175	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	33.9	23	1	83176	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	33.9	23	1	83173	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	33.9	23	15	83161,83162,83169,83170,83173,83174,83177,83180,83182,83184,83186,83188,83189,83190,83197	21482
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	33.9	23	1	83173	54
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	33.9	23	0		668
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	33.9	23	1	83173	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	33.9	23	11	83161,83169,83174,83176,83186,83187,83188,83190,83194,83197,83200	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	33.9	23	2	83170,83175	2562
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	33.9	23	1	83173	605
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	33.9	23	2	83170,83181	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	33.9	23	0		1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	33.9	23	3	83160,83173,83189	1655
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	33.9	23	1	83183	228
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	33.9	23	1	83183	1025

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
	sedznpb-00324	33.9	23	Oligocene											2331	Zimapán, Zimapán Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico	Zimapan	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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