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Locality Name:
Michoacan, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1895
Youngest recorded age at locality: 27

mindat Locality ID: 16361
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16361.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Michoacan, Mexico": 127
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 89

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
[Mun. Unknown]
Acuitzio Del Canje Municipality
Angangueo Municipality
Ario De Rosáles Municipality
Carácuaro Municipality
Coalcomám Municipality
Cuidad Hidalgo Municipality
Huetamo Municipality
La Huacana Municipality
Lázaro Cárdenas Municipality
Mugica Municipality
Susupuato De Guerrero Municipality
Tacámbaro Municipality
Tepalcatepec Municipality
Tlalpujahua Municipality
Tuzantla Municipality
Uruapan Del Progreso (Uruapan)
Zitacuaro Municipality

Latitude: 19°7'27"N
Longitude: 101°22'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.124166666667,-101.37277777778

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aphthitalite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bixbyite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore
Digenite	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite
Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

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 Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo N Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Aphthitalite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bixbyite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore
Digenite Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite
Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz
Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite

73 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Aphthitalite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bixbyite ()*
Bornite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Copper ()*
Coronadite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fukalite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jaffeite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Jennite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*
Ottrélite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Romanèchite ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*	Woodruffite ()*

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	27	6	83508,83521,83526,83547,83557,83588	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	150	36	2	83521,83592	3419
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS			1	83495	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	34.1	32.7	1	83541	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	34.1	32.7	1	83541	1588
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂			1	83594	77
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	34.1	32.7	2	83513,83541	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	34.1	32.7	3	83529,83531,83541	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	83482,83510	11547
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃			1	83510	104
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	150	32.7	5	83484,83486,83528,83541,83592	5516
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	27	27	4	83477,83478,83479,83565	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	36	32.7	4	83482,83521,83524,83541	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	83474	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	150	31.8	5	83521,83529,83534,83541,83592	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	150	27	14	83482,83483,83486,83521,83530,83534,83535,83541,83550,83557,83563,83565,83592,83598	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	34.1	32.7	2	83531,83541	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	83523	2600
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃			1	83535	127
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	83591	3846
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	83510	227
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			2	83474,83510	453
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	83510	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	83529	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	34.1	32.7	1	83541	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	150	31.8	5	83521,83534,83541,83550,83592	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	83491	484
Fukalite ()*	None	Ca₄Si₂O₆(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	83596	8
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	36	31.8	8	83482,83486,83500,83504,83505,83521,83524,83534	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	36	31.8	3	83521,83534,83541	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	27	24	83550,83556,83559,83560,83561,83562,83563,83564,83566,83568,83569,83570,83571,83572,83575,83576,83578,83579,83582,83583,83584,83585,83586,83587	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	34.1	32.7	1	83541	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	34.1	32.7	3	83510,83538,83541	14640
Jaffeite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₂O₇(OH)₆			1	83596	2
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	83517	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	145	129.9	1	83550	2228
Jennite ()*	None	Ca₉(Si₃O₉)₂(OH)₆·8H₂O			1	83596	18
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	150	122	1	83592	5591
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			2	83482,83486	762
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			3	83483,83487,83489	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	83538	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	34.1	31.8	6	83529,83530,83531,83532,83534,83541	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			5	83482,83483,83484,83486,83544	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			2	83486,83491	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	36	32.7	2	83521,83541	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	34.1	32.7	1	83541	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1895	31.8	6	83510,83521,83534,83541,83550,83592	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	33.2	31.8	1	83534	186
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	83535	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	83594	2994
Ottrélite ()*	Chloritoid	Mn²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂			1	83510	59
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	27	27	5	83482,83483,83555,83557,83574	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	27	27	3	83482,83497,83565	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	27	27	9	83482,83497,83522,83557,83559,83569,83579,83581,83582	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	150	27	13	83482,83484,83485,83491,83496,83521,83524,83534,83535,83541,83550,83565,83592	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	83501	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	34.1	31.8	2	83534,83541	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	36	27	5	83482,83510,83521,83524,83567	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			4	83482,83483,83486,83495	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			3	83483,83497,83510	969
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀			1	83510	312
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl			1	83594	105
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	36	32.7	2	83521,83541	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	27	27	18	83482,83483,83484,83493,83499,83554,83557,83558,83559,83561,83562,83563,83565,83572,83573,83577,83583,83588	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	36	31.8	16	83482,83483,83484,83485,83486,83488,83490,83492,83494,83496,83497,83498,83500,83521,83524,83534	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	27	27	10	83488,83558,83561,83562,83565,83572,83573,83577,83580,83583	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			5	83482,83486,83516,83517,83518	3418
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	83477	337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	34.1	32.7	1	83541	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	83535	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	27	27	5	83488,83530,83531,83557,83569	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	83510	433
Woodruffite ()*	None	Zn₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀·4H₂O			1	83510	25

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_022	epithermal

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	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
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
PorphCu-00046	34.1	32.7	33.4±0.7		Albite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Epidote, Goethite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite	Cu	14115	La Verde Mine, Nueva Italia De Ruiz, Mugica Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	La Verde	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00332	145	129.9	140±5 – 131±1.1		Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gold, Jarosite, Pyrite	Cu	205987	Tepalcuatita Prospect, Los Habilos, Tepalcatepec Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	Tepal	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00333	1895	1879	1887±8			Cu	205987	Tepalcuatita Prospect, Los Habilos, Tepalcatepec Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	Tepalcuatita	Singer et al. (2005)		USGSOFR2005_1060
EG98_1029_tbl_1_022	27	27	27	K-Ar			14670	Tlalpujahua, San Pedro Y San Pablo De Tlalpujahua District, Tlalpujahua Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	El Oro-Tlalpujahua	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029
PorphCu-00331	150	122	150–122		Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Pyrite	Cu	205986	Tiámaro Cu-Au Deposit, Tuzantla, Tuzantla Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	Tiámaro	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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