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Locality Name:
Ixtacamaxtitlán Municipality, Puebla, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1899
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1862

mindat Locality ID: 211216
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211216.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ixtacamaxtitlán Municipality, Puebla, Mexico": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ixtaca Gold-Silver Deposit
Ixtacamaxtitlán

Latitude: 19°41'17"N
Longitude: 97°50'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.688055555556,-97.8425
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K N O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteChalcopyriteClayFeldsparKaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteUytenbogaardtite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Buddingtonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Opal  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6183815966
Buddingtonite  (*)Feldspar(NH4)(AlSi3)O818381527
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18381727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218991862283817,8381827198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18381524243
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6183817741
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)418991862383815,83817,838185591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21899186218381817380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se183815192
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O18991862283817,838182994
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]183815716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3183815733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31838151425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218991862383815,83817,8381839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218991862383815,83817,8381861156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS283815,8381721482
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS218381546


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00154189918621889±10 –1868±6 (Re-Os)      Chalcopyrite, Muscovite, PyriteCu132814Tuligtic Cu Deposit, Ixtacamaxtitlán, Ixtacamaxtitlán Municipality, Puebla, MexicoTuligticSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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