Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zacatepec, Oaxaca, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 231244
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231244.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zacatepec, Oaxaca, 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

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	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Lillianite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Vesuvianite

Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Vikingite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Lillianite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Vesuvianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	454
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1395
Vikingite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₈Bi₁₃S₃₀	27

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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