Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 164
Youngest recorded age at locality: 38.6

mindat Locality ID: 2296
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2296.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Aurora Mine
Bufa Mine
Charcas Meteorite
General Shaft
Guadalupe Mine
Morelos Mine
Orion Mine
Potosí Mine
Rancho De San Onofre
Recompensa Mine
Rey Y Reina Mine (King And Queen Mine)
Salvador Mine
San Bartolo Mine
San Sebastian Mine
Veta Rica Mine

Latitude: 23°7'46"N
Longitude: 101°6'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.129444444444,-101.10888888889

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Danburite	Diaspore	Gadolinite	Garnet	Iron
Malachite	Natrolite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*
Danburite ()*	Datolite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Goethite ()*	Iron ()*
Malachite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nifontovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 B Br C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg Na Ni O P S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Fe H Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Danburite Diaspore Gadolinite Garnet Iron
Malachite Natrolite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	38.6	38.6	1	83982	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	164	38.6	0		3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	164	38.6	0		9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	38.6	38.6	1	83991	5516
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	38.6	38.6	1	83985	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	38.6	38.6	4	83977,83987,83989,83990	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	38.6	38.6	5	83977,83978,83980,83986,83990	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	83979	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	38.6	38.6	1	83989	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	83979	3846
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	38.6	38.6	5	83977,83978,83987,83989,83990	148
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	38.6	38.6	5	83977,83978,83987,83989,83990	498
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄			1	83979	157
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	164	38.6	0		7437
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	83979	1089
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	38.6	38.6	1	83981	12537
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	164	38.6	0		1236
Nifontovite ()*	None	Ca₃[BO(OH)₂]₆·2H₂O	38.6	38.6	2	83987,83989	5
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	38.6	38.6	6	83978,83980,83982,83984,83986,83989	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	38.6	38.6	3	83977,83987,83989	61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P			1	83979	374
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	38.6	38.6	7	83977,83978,83979,83980,83986,83989,83990	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	164	38.6	2	83983,83988	3418
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	83979	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	83979	1044

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
	sedznpb-00308	38.6	38.6	38.6											2296	Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Charcas	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
	vms-00635	164	100	Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous											20160	Salvador Mine, Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	El Salvador	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070532	Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R070532
R040013	Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R040013
X050050	Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	https://rruff.info/X050050
R050136	Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R050136
R080138	Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R080138
R070566	Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R070566

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