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Locality Name:
Mezquital Del Oro Mine, Mezquital Del Oro, Mezquital Del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23.85
Youngest recorded age at locality: 20.76

mindat Locality ID: 16275
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16275.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mezquital Del Oro Mine, Mezquital Del Oro, Mezquital Del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, 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
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Au Fe O 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Fe O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CopperCorundumNone

2 IMA Minerals at location:
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Gold  (*)CopperAu23.8520.76030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O323.8520.76014640


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_031epithermal
Emily000401Au-Ag epthermal deposit hosted in a basalt dike emplaced into an ignimbrite succession
Emily000403basaltic flow that covered ignimbrite
Emily000404from shield volcano


5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_0312121~21?Ar/Ar    Yes  27332Mezquital Del Oro, Mezquital Del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, MexicoMezquital del OroCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
Emily00040122.9522.8522.9±0.05  whole rock     16275Mezquital Del Oro Mine, Mezquital Del Oro, Mezquital Del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, MexicoMezquital del Oro, ZacatecasCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
Emily00040223.8523.7523.8±0.05  whole rock     16275Mezquital Del Oro Mine, Mezquital Del Oro, Mezquital Del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, MexicoMezquital del Oro, ZacatecasCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
Emily00040321.8321.7721.8±0.03  whole rock     16275Mezquital Del Oro Mine, Mezquital Del Oro, Mezquital Del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, MexicoMezquital del Oro, ZacatecasCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
Emily00040422.8420.7621.8±1.04  whole rock     16275Mezquital Del Oro Mine, Mezquital Del Oro, Mezquital Del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, MexicoMezquital del Oro, ZacatecasCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 

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