Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Puebla, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1899
Youngest recorded age at locality: 550

mindat Locality ID: 22321
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22321.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Puebla, Mexico": 52
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Hueyapán Municipality
Ixtacamaxtitlán Municipality
Tehuacán Municipality
Tehuitzingo Municipality
Tepeyahualco Municipality
Tetela De Ocampo Municipality
Tetela De Xonotla
Tetela Del Oro Municipality
Tlanalapan Municipality
Zacapoaxtla Municipality
Zacatlán Municipality
Zautla Municipality

Latitude: 19°15'41"N
Longitude: 97°44'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.261388888889,-97.735

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Hydrotalcite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Polybasite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Uytenbogaardtite
Veszelyite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Alunite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Brucite ()*	Buddingtonite ()*	Bustamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Huntite ()*
Hydromagnesite ()*	Johannsenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganosite ()*
Massicot ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Opal ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Platinum ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stichtite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Veszelyite ()*	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 As Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb Pt S Sb Se Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Hydrotalcite Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Polybasite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Uytenbogaardtite
Veszelyite Wollastonite

48 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	600	550	1	83823	3419
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS			2	83827,83831	312
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	83815	966
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	600	550	1	83823	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	83828	3250
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	600	550	1	83823	462
Buddingtonite ()*	Feldspar	(NH₄)(AlSi₃)O₈			1	83815	27
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂			1	83845	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	600	550	4	83817,83823,83828,83845	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	83861	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1899	1862	4	83817,83818,83845,83858	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	600	550	2	83822,83823	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	600	550	1	83823	951
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	600	550	2	83823,83848	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	600	550	1	83823	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			4	83815,83821,83840,83848	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	83837,83844	30554
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	83817	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	83833,83858	14640
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄			1	83828	69
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	83828	341
Johannsenite ()*	Pyroxene	CaMnSi₂O₆			1	83845	73
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1899	1862	3	83815,83817,83818	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	600	550	1	83823	14899
Manganosite ()*	Rocksalt	MnO			1	83858	73
Massicot ()*	None	PbO			1	83851	202
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1899	550	2	83818,83823	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se			1	83815	192
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1899	1862	2	83817,83818	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	83858	1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	600	550	1	83822	485
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			2	83815,83848	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			2	83815,83848	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			2	83815,83848	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1899	1862	5	83815,83817,83818,83844,83858	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1899	550	5	83815,83817,83818,83823,83845	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			5	83834,83838,83840,83843,83844	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	83845	969
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			4	83837,83841,83844,83858	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			11	83812,83813,83815,83817,83840,83841,83842,83844,83845,83848,83855	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	600	550	2	83822,83823	1934
Stichtite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Cr₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	600	550	2	83822,83823	43
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	600	550	1	83823	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	83830,83848	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	83858	433
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite	Ag₃AuS₂			1	83815	46
Veszelyite ()*	Veszelyite	(Cu,Zn)₂Zn(PO₄)(OH)₃·2H₂O			1	83856	20
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂			6	83838,83839,83840,83844,83845,83848	109

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
	PorphCu-00154	1899	1862	1889±10 –1868±6 (Re-Os)									Chalcopyrite, Muscovite, Pyrite	Cu	132814	Tuligtic Cu Deposit, Ixtacamaxtitlán, Ixtacamaxtitlán Municipality, Puebla, Mexico	Tuligtic	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	Cr-00026	600	550		U-Pb								Chromite, Stichtite	Cr	132658	Tehuitzingo Municipality, Puebla, Mexico		Charlene		Charlene

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070174	Preciosa Sangre De Cristo Mine (Preciosa Sangue De Cristo Mine; Preciosa Mine), Cerro Tlachiaque, Alchichica, Tepeyahualco Municipality, Puebla, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R070174

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