Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Huahuaxtla, Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 30.4

mindat Locality ID: 21180
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21180.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huahuaxtla, Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Amates Mine
Aurora Mine
Cinco Cervezas Mine
Esperanza Mine
Guillermina Deposit
Limon Mine
Perla Mine
Porvenir Mine
San Luis Mine
Unnamed Prospect
Vaca Mine

Latitude: 18°23'59"N
Longitude: 99°36'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.399722222222,-99.6

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.

Calcite	Corundum	Gypsum	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Eglestonite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Montroydite ()*
Mosesite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Terlinguaite ()*

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: C Ca Cl Fe H Hg N O S Sb

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Corundum Gypsum Marcasite None Pyrite Sphalerite Stibnite

14 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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	82932,82933,82934	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	33.3	30.4	1	82936	91
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	33.3	30.4	10	82928,82929,82931,82932,82933,82934,82935,82936,82937,82938	2600
Eglestonite ()*	None	([Hg¹⁺]₂)₃OCl₃(OH)	33.3	30.4	1	82936	36
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	82932	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	82933	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	33.3	30.4	1	82936	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	33.3	30.4	4	82929,82930,82931,82936	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	33.3	30.4	3	82929,82931,82936	255
Montroydite ()*	None	HgO	33.3	30.4	1	82936	29
Mosesite ()*	None	(Hg₂N)Cl	33.3	30.4	1	82936	6
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	33.3	30.4	1	82936	39462
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	82937	3418
Terlinguaite ()*	None	Hg₂OCl	33.3	30.4	3	82929,82931,82936	22

2 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
	Hg-00073	33.3	30.4		K-Ar								Calomel, Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Montroydite, Mosesite, Terlinguaite, Eglestonite	Hg	21044	San Luis Mine, Huahuaxtla, Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico		Alaniz-Alvarez (2002)	10.1016/S0377-0273(02)00247-0	JVGR118_1
	Mo-00182	33.3	30.4		K-Ar								Mosesite	Mo	21044	San Luis Mine, Huahuaxtla, Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico		Alaniz-Alvarez (2002)	10.1016/S0377-0273(02)00247-0	JVGR118_1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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