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Locality Name:
Aguascalientes, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 14258
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14258.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aguascalientes, Mexico": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Asientos Municipality
Calvillo Municipality
Rincón De Romos Municipality
Tepezalá Municipality

Latitude: 22°13'29"N
Longitude: 102°7'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.224722222222,-102.13305555556
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: Ag As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleAragoniteBournoniteChalcopyriteCopperDiasporeFluoriteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Guanajuatite  (*)Litharge  (*)Malachite  (*)
Massicot  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S581351,81354,81358,81361,813642793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21813753419
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2881351,81353,81354,81356,81358,81363,81374,813785509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4281352,813745516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31813701089
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1813584979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2481356,81358,81361,8137427198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1813803846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O381357,81360,813622970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21813799617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS381359,81363,8136424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)281358,813787437
Guanajuatite  (*)StibniteBi2Se318137537
Litharge  (*)NonePbO181358139
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2581358,81373,81374,81376,8137812537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO181358202
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2381354,81363,81364300
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]181363716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31813631425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2581351,81354,81355,81362,8136339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2281367,8137261156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1813815186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS381354,81361,8136421482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4381354,81363,81364586
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13281355,813621803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13281355,813625317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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