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Locality Name:
Iguana Mine, Bolaños, Bolaños Municipality, Jalisco, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 22.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 20.8

mindat Locality ID: 11946
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11946.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iguana Mine, Bolaños, Bolaños Municipality, Jalisco, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°41'0"N
Longitude: 103°47'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.683333333333,-103.78333333333

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Tetrahedrite

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 As C Cl Cr Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Cl Cr Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Copper Corundum Malachite Monazite None Not in a structural group Tetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Crocoite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Silver ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vanadinite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	22.2	20.8	5509
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	22.2	20.8	4979
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)	22.2	20.8	81
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	22.2	20.8	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	22.2	20.8	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	22.2	20.8	1107
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	22.2	20.8	1425
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	22.2	20.8	5186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	22.2	20.8	5317
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	22.2	20.8	605

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_018	epithermal
EG98_1029_tbl_1_020	epithermal

2 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_018	22.2	22.2	22.2	K-Ar						Yes				8214	Bolaños, Bolaños Municipality, Jalisco, Mexico	Bolaños	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029
	EG98_1029_tbl_1_020	20.8	20.8	20.8	FT			fluorite			Yes	Fluorite			8214	Bolaños, Bolaños Municipality, Jalisco, Mexico	San Martín de Bolaños	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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