Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
San Pascual Mine (San Pasquale Mine), Zimapán, Zimapán Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23

mindat Locality ID: 21101
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21101.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Pascual Mine (San Pasquale Mine), Zimapán, Zimapán Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°45'0"N
Longitude: 99°21'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.75,-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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

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: Al As C Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Clay Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Alamosite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Galena ()*	Hidalgoite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alamosite ()*	Not in a structural group	PbSiO₃	33.9	23	17
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	33.9	23	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	33.9	23	9052
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	33.9	23	413
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	33.9	23	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	33.9	23	24243
Hidalgoite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)₆	33.9	23	57
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	33.9	23	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	33.9	23	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	33.9	23	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	33.9	23	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	33.9	23	1655

1 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
	sedznpb-00324	33.9	23	Oligocene							Yes				2331	Zimapán, Zimapán Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico	Zimapan	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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