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Locality Name:
Oaxaca, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 14688
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14688.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oaxaca, Mexico": 74
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 44

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Ayoquezco De Aldama
Eujutla De Crespo Municipality
Ixtlán De Juárez Municipality
La Pe Municipality
la San Francisco Telixtlahuaca Municipality
Misteca Meteorite
Natividad Municipality
Ocotlán De Morelos Municipality
Pluma Hidalgo Municipality
San Francisco Telixtlahuaca Municipality
San Jerónimo Silacayoapilla Municipality
San Jerónimo Taviche Municipality
San Juan Mixtepec-Juxtlahuaca Municipality
San Miguel Peras Municipality
San Pedro Taviche Municipality
Santo Domingo De Yanhuitlan Municipality
Temaxcalapan Del Progresso Municipality
Zacatepec

Latitude: 17°11'58"N
Longitude: 96°59'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 17.199444444444,-96.984166666667

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.

Acanthite	Aeschynite	Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenolite	Baryte	Beryl	Brannerite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Chevkinite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Iron	Kaolinite	Lillianite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Monazite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite
Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wilkmanite
Zircon

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 Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aeschynite Allanite Amphibole Apatite Arsenolite Baryte Beryl Brannerite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Chevkinite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Iron Kaolinite Lillianite Malachite Marcasite Mica Monazite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Scheelite
Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Titanite Vesuvianite Wilkmanite
Zircon

80 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Brezinaite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Covellite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Huttonite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Kobeite-(Y) ()*
Litharge ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Massicot ()*	Meionite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spodumene ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Taenite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Thorutite ()*
Titanite ()*	Troilite ()*	Uranopolycrase ()*	Valentinite ()*	Vermiculite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Vikingite ()*	Wüstite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	8	83752,83757,83770,83771,83772,83775,83783,83791	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	83745	3419
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	83765	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	83748,83765,83767	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	83748,83764,83765	706
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	83745,83760	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	83748,83765	4286
Brezinaite ()*	Wilkmanite	Cr₃S₄	1	83801	7
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	83736,83745,83752,83765,83783,83799	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	83786	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	83739,83783,83808	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	83808	577
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	83808	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	83808	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	83745	1025
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	83748	518
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	83796	4165
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	83801	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	83736,83808	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	83765,83808	8173
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	2	83748,83765	196
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	83745	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	83765	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	83752,83777,83778,83781,83793,83808	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	83794,83795	30554
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	83808	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	83808	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	83808	1689
Huttonite ()*	Monazite	Th(SiO₄)	1	83765	37
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	83748,83760,83765	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	83749,83801	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	83765,83767	5591
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	1	83788	230
Kobeite-(Y) ()*	None	(Y,U)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆ (?)	1	83765	8
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	1	83759	139
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	83765,83801	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	83752	5674
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	2	83779,83781	202
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	83745	176
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	83783	300
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	83765	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	83748,83765,83767	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	83788	471
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	83748,83767	2349
Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄MgFe³⁺₂Ti₂O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	1	83765	46
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	83765	121
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	83783	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	8	83752,83756,83758,83783,83804,83805,83806,83807	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	12	83752,83763,83765,83766,83775,83776,83777,83780,83781,83782,83783,83808	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	83796	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	83748,83752,83760,83765,83783,83808	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	83808	454
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	83760,83765	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	83808	4894
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	83749	374
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	1	83788	179
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5	83752,83753,83757,83780,83799	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	83808	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	83775,83808	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2	83748,83765	688
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	2	83786,83788	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	83786,83788	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	83742	2045
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	2	83749,83801	703
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	83783,83799	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	83783	5317
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1	83765	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	83765	1006
Thorutite ()*	Brannerite	(Th,U,Ca)Ti₂(O,OH)₆	1	83765	10
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	83745,83765	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	83801	1044
Uranopolycrase ()*	Columbite	UTi₂O₆	1	83765	13
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	83788	369
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	2	83748,83765	652
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	83808	1395
Vikingite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₈Bi₁₃S₃₀	1	83808	27
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	1	83801	74
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	83765	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	83736,83745,83765	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050034	Oaxaca, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R050034

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