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Locality Name:
Pachuca Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico

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

mindat Locality ID: 21174
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21174.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pachuca Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 45

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cerro San Cristóbal
Pachuca De Soto (Pachuca)
Pueblo De Cerezo

Latitude: 20°7'0"N
Longitude: 98°43'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.116666666667,-98.732777777778

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	Allophane	Apatite	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Cristobalite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	None	Polybasite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tridymite
Wollastonite

Acanthite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bustamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Sternbergite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*
Tridymite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Xonotlite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Apatite Apophyllite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Cristobalite Cubanite Diaspore Feldspar Gypsum Malachite Mica None Polybasite
Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tridymite
Wollastonite

38 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	7	83099,83112,83113,83116,83120,83125,83136	2793
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	21	20	1	83128	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	21	20	1	83099	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	21	20	1	83128	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	21	20	1	83101	11547
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	21	20	1	83099	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	21	20	9	83099,83101,83112,83114,83116,83125,83128,83132,83136	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	21	20	3	83099,83101,83110	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	21	20	2	83113,83130	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	21	20	1	83125	3846
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	83098	453
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	21	20	1	83099	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	21	20	1	83113	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	21	20	1	83099	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	21	20	1	83112	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	21	20	6	83102,83113,83128,83130,83136,83137	14640
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	21	20	1	83128	85
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	21	20	1	83128	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	21	20	4	83105,83108,83120,83128	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	21	20	1	83099	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	21	20	2	83101,83128	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	21	20	10	83102,83106,83107,83110,83112,83119,83121,83129,83131,83132	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	21	20	1	83099	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	21	20	20	83100,83102,83103,83105,83107,83109,83110,83112,83114,83116,83119,83121,83122,83123,83128,83129,83131,83132,83137,83138	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	21	20	1	83118	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	21	20	2	83099,83136	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	21	20	5	83113,83115,83121,83128,83139	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	21	20	8	83099,83101,83110,83115,83125,83128,83134,83142	969
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	21	20	3	83102,83110,83112	312
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	21	20	17	83102,83104,83110,83111,83112,83113,83115,83117,83120,83128,83130,83133,83135,83136,83138,83140,83141	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21	20	4	83099,83113,83116,83120	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	21	20	3	83125,83144,83145	586
Sternbergite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	21	20	1	83099	62
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	21	20	1	83127	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	21	20	3	83101,83110,83120	3337
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂			1	83098	458
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	21	20	2	83126,83130	605
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	21	20	1	83114	109

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_373-00016	21	20	21-20										Au	2337	Pachuca De Soto (Pachuca), Pachuca Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico	Pachuca	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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