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Locality Name:
Inguaran Mine, Inguaran, La Huacana Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36
Youngest recorded age at locality: 36

mindat Locality ID: 11973
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11973.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Inguaran Mine, Inguaran, La Huacana Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°52'51"N
Longitude: 101°38'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.880833333333,-101.64083333333

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	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote Mica Molybdenite
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	36	36	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	36	36	3419
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	36	36	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	36	36	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	36	36	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	36	36	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	36	36	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	36	36	7437
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	36	36	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	36	36	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	36	36	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	36	36	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	36	36	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	36	36	21482

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
	PorphCu-00041	36	36	36									Actinolite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Goethite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite	Cu	11973	Inguaran Mine, Inguaran, La Huacana Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	Inguaran	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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