Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Tehuitzingo Municipality, Puebla, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 550

mindat Locality ID: 132658
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132658.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tehuitzingo Municipality, Puebla, Mexico": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tehuitzingo

Latitude: 18°18'0"N
Longitude: 98°19'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.3,-98.332777777778

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.

Amphibole	Brucite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Hydrotalcite	Mica	None
Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Platinum ()*	Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*	Stichtite ()*	Talc ()*

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: Al C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg O Pt Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Pt

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Brucite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Hydrotalcite Mica None
Quartz Serpentine Spinel Talc

15 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	600	550	1	83823	3419
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	600	550	1	83823	708
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	600	550	1	83823	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	600	550	1	83823	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	600	550	1	83823	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	600	550	1	83823	951
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	600	550	1	83823	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	600	550	1	83823	8173
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	600	550	1	83823	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	600	550	1	83823	17380
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	600	550	0		485
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	600	550	1	83823	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	600	550	1	83823	1934
Stichtite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Cr₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	600	550	1	83823	43
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	600	550	1	83823	3337

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
	Cr-00026	600	550		U-Pb								Chromite, Stichtite	Cr	132658	Tehuitzingo Municipality, Puebla, Mexico		Charlene		Charlene

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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