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Locality Name:
Zacualpán, Zacualpán Municipality, Mexico, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 20458
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20458.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zacualpán, Zacualpán Municipality, Mexico, Mexico": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 37
Child Localities:
Alacrán Mine
Animas Mine
Blanca Mine
Camote Mine
Canal Mine
Carboncillo Mine
Carmen Mine
Chucara Mine
Cobre Mine
Cocina Mine
Coetzillos Mine
Coronas Mine
Cuchara Mine
Dios Nos Guie Mine
Dolores Mine
Durazno Mine
Esperanza Mine
Guadalupe Arcos Mine
Guadalupe Mine
Guadalupe Y San Juan Bautista Mine
Marsellesa Mine
Preciosa Sangre Mine
Reforma Mine
Resguardo Mine
San Adrian Mine
San Antonio Mine
San Ignacio Mine
San Jerónimo Mine
San Juan Bautista Mine
Santa Ana Mine
Santa Eduwigis Mine
Santa Inés Mine
Santa Isabel Mine
Socavón De Dios Nos Guie Mine
Socavón Mine
Todos Santos Mine
Toro Mine

Latitude: 18°42'59"N
Longitude: 99°46'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.716388888889,-99.783055555556

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiaspore
NoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSphaleriteStibnite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S483439,83445,83449,834512793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)283452,834652734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS283452,834629052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18344611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)383434,83451,8345427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1834674979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4283440,83445352
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1834445707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2683439,83445,83446,83451,83453,8347027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1834443531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O283442,834442970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18345124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1834677437
Gold  (*)CopperAu283439,8345130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318346514640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14183457784
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]683434,83439,83446,83451,83458,83465716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3683439,83449,83451,83455,83456,834641425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2783434,83439,83449,83451,83458,83459,8346039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2283449,8345161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)283434,834361711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)183434969
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10183436312
Silver  (*)CopperAg1583434,83435,83437,83438,83439,83441,83447,83448,83450,83451,83452,83454,83463,83468,834705186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1283439,83443,83445,83446,83449,83450,83451,83459,83461,83465,83466,8346921482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4283451,83457586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31834573418
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3183445369



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