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Locality Name:
Mina El Alacrán, Bolaños, Bolaños Municipality, Jalisco, Mexico

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

mindat Locality ID: 179939
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-179939.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mina El Alacrán, Bolaños, Bolaños Municipality, Jalisco, 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

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Copper ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Willemite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Copper Fluorite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	22.2	20.8	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	22.2	20.8	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	22.2	20.8	4979
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	22.2	20.8	3846
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	20.8	20.8	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	22.2	20.8	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	22.2	20.8	1689
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	22.2	20.8	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	22.2	20.8	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	22.2	20.8	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	22.2	20.8	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	22.2	20.8	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	22.2	20.8	332
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	22.2	20.8	303

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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