Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nuevo Mercurio, Zacatecas, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 158897
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158897.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nuevo Mercurio, Zacatecas, Mexico": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Nuevo Mercurio Meteorite

Latitude: 24°18'0"N
Longitude: 102°7'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.3,-102.13277777778

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.

Apatite	Cerite	Iron	None	Pyroxene	Spinel

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: Ca Cl Cr Fe Mg Na Ni O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Cerite Iron None Pyroxene Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Diopside ()*	Iron ()*	Merrillite ()*
Pigeonite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	84870	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	84870	3902
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	84870	4135
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	84870	1089
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	84870	230
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	84870	303
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	84870	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	84870	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	84870	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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