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Locality Name:
Queretaro, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 15019
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15019.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Queretaro, Mexico": 62
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Amealco Municipality
Cadereyta Municipality
Colón (Columbus) Municipality
Ezequiel Montés Municipality
Jalpan Municipality
San Juan Del Río Municipality
Tequisquiapan Municipality
Tolimán Municipality

Latitude: 20°52'36"N
Longitude: 99°45'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.876666666667,-99.764444444444
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 Au Br C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn N Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousArsenoliteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumGarnet
GypsumKaoliniteLöllingiteMalachiteMayeniteNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPerovskitePyrite
PyrochloreRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteWurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Asbolane  (*)
Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Calomel  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dellaite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Halloysite-10Å  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)Mercury  (*)
Metacinnabar  (*)Montroydite  (*)Mosesite  (*)Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Realgar  (*)Rustumite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spurrite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Tiemannite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Variscite  (*)Wadalite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S170883868,83871,83879,83881,83887,83889,83923,839242793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6183920966
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)333.9231838861534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS170283874,838899052
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O183902143
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr170383871,83872,83879227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)33.923583871,83872,83886,83918,8392127770
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl17018387991
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4283919,83920352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2170383874,83879,8388927198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1839131382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS170383875,83877,839202600
Dellaite  (*)NoneCa6(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)233.9231838865
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS383896,83897,8391424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu583910,83911,83913,83915,8391630554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1839206890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317018387914640
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O18392062
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI183871180
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41838715591
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2170183876762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O433.923283876,8388614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217018387812537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO383901,83903,83904202
Mercury  (*)NoneHg170183875397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS170183880255
Montroydite  (*)NoneHgO17018388029
Mosesite  (*)None(Hg2N)Cl1701838806
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O583865,83890,83893,83899,839072994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3170183879511
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO333.923183886495
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217018387939462
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS170183879712
Rustumite  (*)NoneCa10(Si2O7)2(SiO4)(OH)2Cl233.9231838866
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3183920179
Silver  (*)CopperAg683868,83871,83872,83883,83884,839125186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS170483868,83871,83879,8388121482
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)33.92318388654
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)183920446
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe17018387683
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3170383879,83920,83921369
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O183920301
Wadalite  (*)MayeniteCa6Al5Si2O16Cl333.92318388611


2 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
Hg-00083170 Ar-Ar     Calomel, Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Montroydite, Mosesite, TiemanniteHg27163El Doctor (Doctor), Cadereyta Municipality, Queretaro, Mexico Ferrari et al. (1999); Aguirre-Díaz and López-Martínez (2001)   
sedznpb-0031033.923Oligocene        7036Negra Mine, Maconi, Cadereyta Municipality, Queretaro, MexicoLa NegraSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050550Queretaro, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R050550

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