Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
San Agustín Mine, Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 20236
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20236.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Agustín Mine, Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°18'0"N
Longitude: 99°21'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.3,-99.35

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.

None

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: Hg S Sb

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Hg S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Cinnabar ()*	Livingstonite ()*	Mercury ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	34	5.3	2600
Livingstonite ()*	None	HgSb₄S₆(S)₂	34	5.3	24
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	34	5.3	397

15 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample 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
Emily000407	36.1	34.1	35.1±1	K-Ar	biotite	Sol 5	Yes				2332	Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico	Tilzpotla Caldera	Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002	JVGR136_97
Emily000408	35.2	33	34.1±1.1	K-Ar	biotite	Sol 9	Yes				2332	Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico	Tilzpotla Caldera	Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002	JVGR136_97
Emily000409	35.7	33.7	34.7±1	K-Ar	biotite	Tz25-98	Yes				2332	Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico	Tilzpotla Caldera	Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002	JVGR136_97
Emily000410	35.8	32.8	34.3±1.5	K-Ar	biotite	Tz145-01	Yes				2332	Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico	Tilzpotla Caldera	Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002	JVGR136_97
Emily000411	34.36	34.16	34.26±0.1	K-Ar	sanidine	SOL 2	Yes	Sanidine	Sanidine		2332	Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico	Tilzpotla Caldera	Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002	JVGR136_97
Emily000412	35.1	30.1	32.6±2.5	K-Ar	plagioclase	TZ187-01	Yes				2332	Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico	Tilzpotla Caldera	Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002	JVGR136_97
Emily000413	36.5	34.5	35.5±1	K-Ar	sanidine	Tz4-99	Yes	Sanidine	Sanidine		2332	Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico	Tilzpotla Caldera	Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002	JVGR136_97
Emily000414	35.8	33	34.4±1.4	K-Ar	plagioclase	Tz17-99	Yes				2332	Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico	Tilzpotla Caldera	Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002	JVGR136_97
Emily000415	34.4	31.2	32.8±1.6	K-Ar	plagioclase	Tz18-99	Yes				2332	Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico	Tilzpotla Caldera	Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002	JVGR136_97
Emily000416	32.85	32.65	32.75±0.1	Ar-Ar	plagioclase	Tz63-02	Yes				2332	Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico	Tilzpotla Caldera	Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002	JVGR136_97
Emily000417	33.53	33.33	33.43±0.1	Ar-Ar	plagioclase	Tz62-02	Yes				2332	Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico	Tilzpotla Caldera	Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002	JVGR136_97
Emily000418	33.18	31.18	32.18±1	Rb-Sr	biotite	Bv 21	Yes				2332	Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico	Tilzpotla Caldera	Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002	JVGR136_97
Emily000419	33.18	31.18	32.18±1	Rb-Sr	whole rock	Bv 21	Yes				2332	Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico	Tilzpotla Caldera	Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002	JVGR136_97
Emily000420	34.35	34.17	34.26±0.09	40Ar/39Ar	sanidine	Sol 2	Yes	Sanidine	Sanidine		2332	Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico	Tilzpotla Caldera	Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002	JVGR136_97
Hg-00020	34	5.3		K-Ar, Rb-Sr			Yes		Christite, Cinnabar, Livingstonite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Routhierite, Simonite, Vrbaite	Hg	2332	Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico		Campa and Ramírez (1979); Camprubi et al. (2003); Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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