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Locality Name:
Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 38
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23

mindat Locality ID: 21179
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21179.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico": 68
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 63

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Buenavista
Huahuaxtla
Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco)
Tehuilotepec

Latitude: 18°31'59"N
Longitude: 99°35'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.533055555556,-99.599444444444

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 Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn N Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Sr U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteEpsomiteFluoriteGarnetGypsumHalotrichite
HexahydriteIlvaiteKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePolybasite
PyriteQuartzRhabdophaneRhodoniteRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyite
StibniteTetrahedriteWollastoniteXanthoconite

76 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bassanite  (*)Bernalite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Boyleite  (*)Calcite  (*)Calomel  (*)
Celestine  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Eglestonite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gearksutite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Montroydite  (*)
Mosesite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nimite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Saponite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Starkeyite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Terlinguaite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3823482940,82952,82959,829602793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)23823282939,829593419
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS382318295287
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs3823182975379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3823482939,82960,82963,829709052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)238231829525509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3823982944,82954,82955,82957,82960,82961,82963,82970,8298611547
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O382318295482
Bernalite  (*)PerovskiteFe(OH)338231829548
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS438231829605516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S113823182960843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS338231829391089
Boyleite  (*)StarkeyiteZn(SO4)·4H2O382318296023
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)38231782932,82933,82934,82939,82940,82944,82952,82954,82957,82959,82960,82961,82963,82970,82973,82986,8299127770
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl33.330.4282927,8293691
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)38231829441252
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3823482954,82960,82961,829635707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS238231082939,82941,82952,82954,82956,82959,82960,82961,82963,8297327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl38231829431382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS33.330.41182927,82928,82929,82931,82932,82933,82934,82935,82936,82937,829382600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23823482944,82960,82963,829759895
Eglestonite  (*)None([Hg1+]2)3OCl3(OH)33.330.4282927,8293636
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)38231829398173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O3823282954,82960484
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23823682939,82944,82957,82960,82970,829869617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S123823182960663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3823782939,82954,82959,82960,82963,82970,8297324243
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O382318294468
Gold  (*)CopperAu3823282939,8295330554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)338231829391544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3823682932,82952,82954,82960,82961,829636890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33823582927,82933,82944,82954,8296014640
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4382318296073
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O3823182954251
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)3823282960,82970197
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S143823182939784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63823482954,82960,82961,829632228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43823282939,829445591
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)23823182970234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43823782926,82939,82954,82960,82961,82963,8297314899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23823782936,82939,82944,82960,82962,82968,829735674
Mercury  (*)NoneHg33.330.4482929,82930,82931,82936397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS33.330.4482927,82929,82931,82936255
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O38231829541508
Montroydite  (*)NoneHgO33.330.4282927,8293629
Mosesite  (*)None(Hg2N)Cl33.330.41829366
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2382318293917380
Nimite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Ni,Mg,Al)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8382318296015
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O3823282954,82960265
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]3823182972716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS33823882939,82951,82952,82956,82966,82975,82981,82983733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33823982939,82940,82952,82959,82960,82961,82970,82978,829801425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS238232382936,82939,82944,82945,82949,82950,82951,82954,82955,82959,82960,82961,82962,82963,82965,82968,82969,82970,82971,82973,82974,82984,8298539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO238231829443106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83823482939,82954,82960,829739056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO238231082939,82940,82944,82954,82957,82959,82960,82970,82978,8298661156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS3823182944712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)3823282959,829701711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)3823282959,82992969
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O3823382954,82960,82961293
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O3823182954301
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O38231829631153
Silver  (*)CopperAg38232082940,82942,82946,82951,82952,82956,82958,82959,82960,82966,82967,82968,82970,82975,82977,82979,82982,82984,82988,829895186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3823282954,829632473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS38232782939,82942,82944,82947,82948,82951,82952,82954,82956,82959,82960,82961,82962,82963,82968,82970,82973,82974,82975,82977,82979,82980,82982,82984,82987,82988,8298921482
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O382318296079
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS43823382940,82943,82959586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33823382937,82960,829643418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1338231829391803
Terlinguaite  (*)NoneHg2OCl33.330.4482927,82929,82931,8293622
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133823382939,82959,829605317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)238231829392562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO238231829442718
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O33823182976369
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO338231829391247
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS3382318297589



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_016epithermal


5 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
Hg-0007333.330.4 K-Ar     Calomel, Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Montroydite, Mosesite, Terlinguaite, EglestoniteHg21044San Luis Mine, Huahuaxtla, Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Alaniz-Alvarez (2002)10.1016/S0377-0273(02)00247-0JVGR118_1 
Mo-0018233.330.4 K-Ar     MosesiteMo21044San Luis Mine, Huahuaxtla, Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Alaniz-Alvarez (2002)10.1016/S0377-0273(02)00247-0JVGR118_1 
EG98_1029_tbl_1_016383638–36?K-Ar       21178Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTaxcoCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
Emily0004063832   whole rock     21178Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTaxco volcanic fieldMoran-Zenteno et al. (2004)10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002JVGR136_97 
sedznpb-0032233.923Oligocene?        21178Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTaxcoSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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