Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Huacana Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31.8

mindat Locality ID: 16360
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16360.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Huacana Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Inguaran
La Huacana
Oropeo
San Isidro

Latitude: 18°55'13"N
Longitude: 101°47'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.920277777778,-101.79527777778

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	Allophane	Amphibole	Andalusite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinoclase ()*
Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote
Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	36	36	2	83521,83526	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	36	36	1	83521	3419
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	83529,83531	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	83528	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	36	36	2	83521,83524	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	36	31.8	3	83521,83529,83534	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	36	31.8	4	83521,83530,83534,83535	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	83531	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	83523	2600
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃			1	83535	127
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	83529	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	36	31.8	2	83521,83534	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	36	31.8	3	83521,83524,83534	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	36	31.8	2	83521,83534	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	33.2	31.8	5	83529,83530,83531,83532,83534	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	36	36	1	83521	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	36	31.8	2	83521,83534	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	33.2	31.8	1	83534	186
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	83535	492
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	83522	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	36	31.8	4	83521,83524,83534,83535	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	33.2	31.8	1	83534	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	36	36	2	83521,83524	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	36	36	1	83521	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	36	31.8	3	83521,83524,83534	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	83535	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	83530,83531	5317

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00041	36	36	36									Actinolite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Goethite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite	Cu	11973	Inguaran Mine, Inguaran, La Huacana Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	Inguaran	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00334	33.2	31.8	32.5±0.7									Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Neotocite	Cu	205988	Cerro Pelon, San Isidro, La Huacana Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	San Isidro	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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