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Locality Name:
Guanajuato, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 30.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 27.4

mindat Locality ID: 22317
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22317.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guanajuato, Mexico": 138
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 95

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Cuerámaro Municipality
Dolores Hidalgo Municipality
Guanajuato Municipality
Mun. De San Luis De La Paz
Pénjamo Municipality
San Diego De La Unión Municipality
San Felipe Municipality
San Luis De La Paz Municipality
San Miguel De Allende Municipality
Santa Catarina Municipality
Tierra Blanca Municipality
Xichú Municipality

Latitude: 21°10'18"N
Longitude: 100°34'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.171666666667,-100.57833333333

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 B Ba Be Bi Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe Ge H Hg I K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Ti V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F H K O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArgyroditeArsenicBaryte
BismutiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteDescloizite
DiasporeEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteJalpaiteKobelliteLillianiteMalachiteMarcasite
MelanteriteMilariteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePseudobrookitePyriteQuartz
RaspiteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStibniteSulphurTalcTapiolite
TetradymiteTetrahedriteTopazTridymiteWurtziteZircon

83 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Argyrodite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Datolite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fischesserite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Guanajuatite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Iodargyrite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Litharge  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mercury  (*)Milarite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Opal  (*)Ordoñezite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Paraguanajuatite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Raspite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Selenopolybasite  (*)Andorite VI  (*)Silver  (*)Sinnerite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Topaz  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S30.727.41482741,82747,82751,82754,82761,82769,82770,82773,82775,82783,82789,82819,82832,828392793
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS30.727.4782751,82754,82758,82783,82789,82792,8279487
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)30.727.41827708803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)230.727.41827613092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)30.727.41827413250
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS630.727.418276162
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)230.727.4682761,82775,82782,82839,82842,828505509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)30.727.418275411547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi282799,828021966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S330.727.4382741,82799,828021935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)182802716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4482738,82739,82740,828395516
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr182807227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)30.727.42582741,82743,82747,82750,82751,82754,82759,82761,82762,82770,82773,82780,82783,82789,82799,82808,82809,82813,82822,82823,82846,82847,82850,82851,8285227770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2382848,82856,828595171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)382837,82839,828504979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O182850925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S282839,828505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS230.727.41482751,82758,82761,82770,82775,82779,82783,82799,82832,82839,82842,82850,82851,8285227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl30.727.4282747,827561382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1828393531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS30.727.41682743,82750,82776,82779,82807,82813,82822,82823,82835,82839,82841,82846,82847,82863,82865,828672600
Copper  (*)CopperCu1828393846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1828394165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2182856453
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)30.727.4282745,82783498
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)182839378
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)230.727.4882741,82747,82756,82761,82773,82799,82828,828429895
Fischesserite  (*)NoneAg3AuSe230.727.418275124
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1828562740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O30.727.40303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF230.727.4382757,82789,828569617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS282789,8285024243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4182799192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)682807,82833,82839,82842,82850,828667437
Gold  (*)CopperAu30.727.41182751,82759,82761,82776,82787,82789,82807,82808,82828,82839,8284230554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O182850188
Guanajuatite  (*)StibniteBi2Se3282799,8280237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3482789,82808,82839,8285614640
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O30.727.4382770,82775,8278085
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI282809,82831180
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS230.727.4182747116
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O30.727.41827701271
Litharge  (*)NonePbO282839,82842139
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)230.727.4782761,82834,82835,82839,82842,82850,8286612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS230.727.4882741,82747,82754,82760,82762,82765,82768,827845674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO282839,82842202
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O282804,82850915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg30.727.4982743,82750,82776,82779,82813,82822,82823,82846,82847397
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O30.727.4182770156
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS230.727.4482741,82757,82766,827995800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1828561508
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se30.727.4582746,82751,82761,82782,82789192
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O382732,82816,828562994
Ordoñezite  (*)TapioliteZnSb5+2O61828567
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)282773,828562349
Paraguanajuatite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Se3282799,828029
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]30.727.4382748,82761,82783249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]30.727.41582741,82742,82751,82754,82757,82759,82761,82770,82773,82775,82779,82788,82789,82824,82830716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS330.727.41282741,82751,82752,82756,82767,82770,82775,82777,82781,82783,82784,82788733
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O5182825164
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS330.727.41782741,82744,82752,82754,82755,82757,82761,82770,82773,82774,82775,82776,82779,82786,82788,82789,828241425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS230.727.41182735,82741,82751,82754,82799,82802,82824,82832,82836,82839,8285039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2282829,828403106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81827359056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO230.727.41982741,82747,82748,82751,82754,82759,82761,82762,82767,82770,82771,82773,82775,82780,82783,82785,82789,82796,8285661156
Raspite  (*)RaspitePb(WO4)30.727.418274926
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)30.727.4482762,82770,82779,827851711
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)182856598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1828024894
Selenopolybasite  (*)NoneCu(Ag,Cu)6Ag9Sb2(S,Se)9Se230.727.41827706
Andorite VI  (*)LillianiteAgPbSb3S630.727.41827418
Silver  (*)CopperAg30.727.41482741,82747,82748,82757,82770,82773,82789,82807,82819,82828,82835,82838,82839,828425186
Sinnerite  (*)NoneCu6As4S930.727.41827416
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS30.727.4682751,82753,82756,82770,82779,8283221482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS430.727.4882747,82757,82761,82770,82773,82783,82789,82824586
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1828642045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2282775,827793337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1330.727.4382752,82761,827905317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21828561476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)230.727.4382757,82763,827642562
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2182856458
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1828565251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_014epithermal


1 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_01430.727.427.4–30.7K-Ar       2322Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, MexicoGuanajuatoCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R140004Guanajuato, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R140004
R070373Guanajuato, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R070373


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