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Locality Name:
Mineral Del Monte Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 21
Youngest recorded age at locality: 20

mindat Locality ID: 21165
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21165.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral Del Monte Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mineral Del Monte (Mineral Del Real Del Monte; Real Del Monte)

Latitude: 20°7'59"N
Longitude: 98°40'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.133055555556,-98.666666666667

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	Amphibole	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar
Kaolinite	None	Polybasite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Johannsenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Manganite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Polybasite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Romanèchite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Baryte Braunite Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar
Kaolinite None Polybasite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

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	21	20	1	83071	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	21	20	1	83070	11547
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	21	20	3	83069,83074,83085	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	21	20	2	83069,83071	27770
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	21	20	1	83069	1382
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	21	20	3	83069,83070,83074	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	21	20	6	83070,83074,83076,83085,83086,83088	14640
Johannsenite ()*	Pyroxene	CaMnSi₂O₆	21	20	1	83073	73
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	21	20	2	83070,83074	5591
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	21	20	6	83066,83067,83069,83070,83074,83085	770
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	21	20	1	83082	2349
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	21	20	3	83068,83069,83072	716
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	21	20	2	83069,83071	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	21	20	4	83068,83071,83072,83075	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	21	20	6	83069,83070,83075,83081,83086,83087	969
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	21	20	3	83074,83079,83085	312
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	21	20	7	83068,83071,83072,83078,83079,83081,83083	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21	20	7	83070,83072,83077,83078,83080,83081,83085	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	21	20	1	83071	586
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	21	20	1	83085	1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	21	20	2	83084,83088	2562

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
	AJES44_373-00017	21	20	21-20										Au	21164	Mineral Del Monte (Mineral Del Real Del Monte; Real Del Monte), Mineral Del Monte Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico	Real del Monte	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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