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Locality Name:
Angangueo Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 14411
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14411.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Angangueo Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mineral De Angangueo

Latitude: 19°37'17"N
Longitude: 100°17'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.621388888889,-100.29944444444

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 Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperEpsomiteLöllingiteMarcasiteMelanteriteNone
PolybasitePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Galena  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS183495312
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18348211547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4283484,834865516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18348227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2383482,83483,8348627198
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O183491484
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS383482,83486,8350024243
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2283482,83486762
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)383483,83487,834891487
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2483482,83483,83484,834865674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O283486,83491915
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]283482,83483716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3283482,83497733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3283482,834971425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2583482,83484,83485,83491,8349639462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2183501771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218348261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)483482,83483,83486,834951711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)283483,83497969
Silver  (*)CopperAg583482,83483,83484,83493,834995186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1383482,83483,83484,83485,83486,83488,83490,83492,83494,83496,83497,83498,8350021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4183488586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3283482,834863418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131834885317



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