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Locality Name:
La Concha Mine, Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico

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

mindat Locality ID: 217862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Concha Mine, Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteGypsumNonePyriteRocksaltSphalerite
Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS382309052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3823011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3823027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S382305707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23823027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2382309895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3823024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O382306890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6382302228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43823014899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23823039462
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O382301153
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)382302473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3823021482



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


3 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
EG98_1029_tbl_1_016383638–36?K-Ar    Yes  21178Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTaxcoCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
Emily0004063832   whole rock  Yes  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?     Yes  21178Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, MexicoTaxcoSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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