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 Acanthite (*) Acanthite Ag2 S 145 23 15 82874 ,82875 ,82885 ,82886 ,82887 ,82891 ,82892 ,82921 ,82922 ,82923 ,82940 ,82952 ,82959 ,82960 ,83005 2793 Actinolite (*) Amphibole Ca2 (Mg4.5-2.5 Fe2+ 0.5-2.5 )Si8 O22 (OH)2 38 23 2 82939 ,82959 3419 Aguilarite (*) Acanthite Ag4 SeS 38 23 1 82952 87 Albite (*) Feldspar Na(AlSi3 O8 ) 1 82870 8803 Anhydrite (*) Not in a structural group Ca(SO4 ) 36.5 5.3 1 82908 1588 Aragonite (*) Aragonite Ca(CO3 ) 36.5 5.3 1 82908 3250 Arsenic (*) Arsenic As 38 23 1 82975 379 Arsenopyrite (*) Arsenopyrite FeAsS 145 23 6 82874 ,82875 ,82939 ,82960 ,82963 ,82970 9052 Azurite (*) Not in a structural group Cu3 (CO3 )2 (OH)2 38 23 3 82916 ,82952 ,83021 5509 Baryte (*) Baryte Ba(SO4 ) 38 23 9 82944 ,82954 ,82955 ,82957 ,82960 ,82961 ,82963 ,82970 ,82986 11547 Bassanite (*) Rhabdophane Ca(SO4 )·0.5H2 O 38 23 1 82954 82 Bernalite (*) Perovskite Fe(OH)3 38 23 1 82954 8 Bornite (*) None Cu5 FeS4 38 23 1 82960 5516 Boulangerite (*) None Pb5 Sb4 S11 38 23 1 82960 843 Bournonite (*) Bournonite CuPbSbS3 38 23 1 82939 1089 Boyleite (*) Starkeyite Zn(SO4 )·4H2 O 38 23 1 82960 23 Calcite (*) Calcite Ca(CO3 ) 38 5.3 22 82908 ,82911 ,82912 ,82917 ,82932 ,82933 ,82934 ,82939 ,82940 ,82944 ,82952 ,82954 ,82957 ,82959 ,82960 ,82961 ,82963 ,82970 ,82973 ,82986 ,82991 ,83010 27770 Calomel (*) None HgCl 33.3 30.4 2 82927 ,82936 91 Celestine (*) Baryte Sr(SO4 ) 38 23 1 82944 1252 Cervantite (*) None Sb3+ Sb5+ O4 36.5 5.3 2 82908 ,82912 352 Chalcocite (*) None Cu2 S 38 23 4 82954 ,82960 ,82961 ,82963 5707 Chalcopyrite (*) Chalcopyrite CuFeS2 38 23 12 82893 ,82917 ,82939 ,82941 ,82952 ,82954 ,82956 ,82959 ,82960 ,82961 ,82963 ,82973 27198 Chlorapatite (*) Apatite Ca5 (PO4 )3 Cl 1 82870 203 Chlorargyrite (*) Rocksalt AgCl 38 23 1 82943 1382 Chromite (*) Spinel Fe2+ Cr2 O4 2 82870 ,82879 3902 Cinnabar (*) None HgS 991 5.3 15 82907 ,82908 ,82909 ,82913 ,82927 ,82928 ,82929 ,82931 ,82932 ,82933 ,82934 ,82935 ,82936 ,82937 ,82938 2600 Diopside (*) Pyroxene CaMgSi2 O6 1 82870 4135 Dolomite (*) None CaMg(CO3 )2 38 23 4 82944 ,82960 ,82963 ,82975 9895 Eglestonite (*) None ([Hg1+ ]2 )3 OCl3 (OH) 33.3 30.4 2 82927 ,82936 36 Epidote (*) Epidote Clinozoisite Ca2 (Al2 Fe3+ )[Si2 O7 ][SiO4 ]O(OH) 38 23 3 82917 ,82939 ,83008 8173 Epsomite (*) Epsomite Mg(SO4 )·7H2 O 38 23 2 82954 ,82960 484 Fluorite (*) Fluorite CaF2 38 23 6 82939 ,82944 ,82957 ,82960 ,82970 ,82986 9617 Freibergite (*) Tetrahedrite Ag6 [Cu4 Fe2 ]Sb4 S12 38 23 1 82960 663 Freieslebenite (*) None AgPbSbS3 1 82891 105 Galena (*) Rocksalt PbS 38 23 8 82891 ,82939 ,82954 ,82959 ,82960 ,82963 ,82970 ,82973 24243 Gearksutite (*) None CaAlF4 (OH)·H2 O 38 23 1 82944 68 Gold (*) Copper Au 38 23 4 82917 ,82939 ,82953 ,82999 30554 Graphite (*) None C 1 82870 2812 Grossular (*) Garnet Ca3 Al2 (SiO4 )3 38 23 1 82939 1544 Gypsum (*) Gypsum Ca(SO4 )·2H2 O 38 5.3 7 82908 ,82932 ,82952 ,82954 ,82960 ,82961 ,82963 6890 Hematite (*) Corundum Fe2 O3 38 23 6 82917 ,82927 ,82933 ,82944 ,82954 ,82960 14640 Hetaerolite (*) Spinel ZnMn3+ 2 O4 38 23 1 82960 73 Hexahydrite (*) Hexahydrite Mg(SO4 )·6H2 O 38 23 1 82954 251 Ilvaite (*) Ilvaite CaFe3+ Fe2+ 2 O(Si2 O7 )(OH) 38 23 2 82960 ,82970 197 Iron (*) Iron Fe 1 82870 1089 Jamesonite (*) None Pb4 FeSb6 S14 38 23 1 82939 784 Jarosite (*) Alunite KFe3+ 3 (SO4 )2 (OH)6 38 23 4 82954 ,82960 ,82961 ,82963 2228 Kaolinite (*) Clay Kaolinite Al2 Si2 O5 (OH)4 38 23 2 82939 ,82944 5591 Kermesite (*) None Sb2 OS2 36.5 5.3 5 82908 ,82910 ,82911 ,82912 ,82914 230 Kutnohorite (*) None CaMn2+ (CO3 )2 38 23 1 82970 234 Laurite (*) Pyrite RuS2 1 82879 226 Litharge (*) None PbO 145 100 2 82874 ,82875 139 Livingstonite (*) None HgSb4 S6 (S)2 991 5.3 5 82906 ,82907 ,82908 ,82909 ,82913 24 Magnetite (*) Spinel Fe2+ Fe3+ 2 O4 38 23 8 82886 ,82926 ,82939 ,82954 ,82960 ,82961 ,82963 ,82973 14899 Malachite (*) Malachite Cu2 (CO3 )(OH)2 1 83021 12537 Marcasite (*) Marcasite FeS2 38 23 10 82896 ,82897 ,82898 ,82936 ,82939 ,82944 ,82960 ,82962 ,82968 ,82973 5674 Massicot (*) None PbO 145 100 2 82874 ,82875 202 Mercury (*) None Hg 991 5.3 7 82907 ,82908 ,82909 ,82929 ,82930 ,82931 ,82936 397 Metacinnabar (*) Sphalerite HgS 33.3 30.4 5 82927 ,82929 ,82931 ,82936 ,82995 255 Microcline (*) Feldspar K(AlSi3 O8 ) 2 83007 ,83008 4924 Mimetite (*) Apatite Pb5 (AsO4 )3 Cl 145 100 2 82874 ,82996 1107 Montmorillonite (*) Clay Smectite-vermiculite (Na,Ca)0.3 (Al,Mg)2 Si4 O10 (OH)2 ·nH2 O 38 23 1 82954 1508 Montroydite (*) None HgO 33.3 30.4 2 82927 ,82936 29 Mosesite (*) None (Hg2 N)Cl 33.3 30.4 1 82936 6 Muscovite (*) Mica Clay KAl2 (Si3 Al)O10 (OH)2 38 23 1 82939 17380 Nimite (*) Chlorite Clay (Ni,Mg,Al)6 (Si,Al)4 O10 (OH)8 38 23 1 82960 15 Pickeringite (*) Halotrichite MgAl2 (SO4 )4 ·22H2 O 38 23 2 82954 ,82960 265 Polybasite (*) Polybasite [Ag9 CuS4 ][(Ag,Cu)6 (Sb,As)2 S7 ] 38 23 1 82972 716 Proustite (*) None Ag3 AsS3 38 23 13 82900 ,82901 ,82902 ,82903 ,82904 ,82939 ,82951 ,82952 ,82956 ,82966 ,82975 ,82981 ,82983 733 Pyrargyrite (*) None Ag3 SbS3 38 23 9 82939 ,82940 ,82952 ,82959 ,82960 ,82961 ,82970 ,82978 ,82980 1425 Pyrite (*) Pyrite FeS2 145 5.3 28 82874 ,82878 ,82893 ,82908 ,82917 ,82936 ,82939 ,82944 ,82945 ,82949 ,82950 ,82951 ,82954 ,82955 ,82959 ,82960 ,82961 ,82962 ,82963 ,82965 ,82968 ,82969 ,82970 ,82971 ,82973 ,82974 ,82984 ,82985 39462 Pyrolusite (*) Rutile MnO2 38 23 1 82944 3106 Pyrrhotite (*) Nickeline Fe7 S8 38 23 6 82878 ,82893 ,82939 ,82954 ,82960 ,82973 9056 Quartz (*) Quartz SiO2 38 23 20 82917 ,82939 ,82940 ,82944 ,82954 ,82957 ,82959 ,82960 ,82970 ,82978 ,82986 ,83007 ,83008 ,83010 ,83012 ,83014 ,83015 ,83016 ,83017 ,83019 61156 Realgar (*) None AsS 38 23 1 82944 712 Rhodochrosite (*) Calcite Mn(CO3 ) 38 23 2 82959 ,82970 1711 Rhodonite (*) Rhodonite CaMn3 Mn(Si5 O15 ) 38 23 2 82959 ,82992 969 Rozenite (*) Starkeyite Fe2+ (SO4 )·4H2 O 38 23 3 82954 ,82960 ,82961 293 Ruthenium (*) None Ru 1 82879 46 Saponite (*) Clay Smectite-vermiculite (Ca,Na)0.3 (Mg,Fe)3 (Si,Al)4 O10 (OH)2 ·4H2 O 38 23 1 82954 301 Scheelite (*) Scheelite Ca(WO4 ) 1 82882 4894 Scorodite (*) None Fe3+ (AsO4 )·2H2 O 38 23 1 82963 1153 Silver (*) Copper Ag 145 23 22 82875 ,82940 ,82942 ,82946 ,82951 ,82952 ,82956 ,82958 ,82959 ,82960 ,82966 ,82967 ,82968 ,82970 ,82975 ,82977 ,82979 ,82982 ,82984 ,82988 ,82989 ,83002 5186 Smithsonite (*) Calcite Zn(CO3 ) 38 23 2 82954 ,82963 2473 Sphalerite (*) Sphalerite ZnS 145 23 30 82874 ,82875 ,82893 ,82939 ,82942 ,82944 ,82947 ,82948 ,82951 ,82952 ,82954 ,82956 ,82959 ,82960 ,82961 ,82962 ,82963 ,82968 ,82970 ,82973 ,82974 ,82975 ,82977 ,82979 ,82980 ,82982 ,82984 ,82987 ,82988 ,82989 21482 Starkeyite (*) Starkeyite Mg(SO4 )·4H2 O 38 23 1 82960 79 Stephanite (*) None Ag5 SbS4 38 23 3 82940 ,82943 ,82959 586 Stibiconite (*) Pyrochlore Sb3+ Sb5+ 2 O6 (OH) 36.5 5.3 1 82908 446 Stibnite (*) Stibnite Sb2 S3 38 5.3 6 82908 ,82910 ,82911 ,82937 ,82960 ,82964 3418 Sulphur (*) Sulphur S 36.5 5.3 1 82908 2045 Taenite (*) None (Ni,Fe) 1 82870 703 Tennantite-(Fe) (*) Tetrahedrite Cu6 (Cu4 Fe2 )As4 S13 38 23 1 82939 1803 Terlinguaite (*) None Hg2 OCl 33.3 30.4 4 82927 ,82929 ,82931 ,82936 22 Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) Tetrahedrite Cu6 (Cu4 Zn2 )Sb4 S13 38 23 3 82939 ,82959 ,82960 5317 Tremolite (*) Amphibole Ca2 (Mg5.0-4.5 Fe2+ 0.0-0.5 )Si8 O22 (OH)2 38 23 1 82939 2562 Troilite (*) None FeS 1 82870 1044 Uraninite (*) Fluorite UO2 38 23 1 82944 2718 Valentinite (*) None Sb2 O3 38 5.3 5 82908 ,82910 ,82912 ,82914 ,82976 369 Whitlockite (*) Cerite Ca9 Mg(PO3 OH)(PO4 )6 1 82870 104 Wollastonite (*) Wollastonite CaSiO3 38 23 1 82939 1247 Xanthoconite (*) Xanthoconite Ag3 AsS3 38 23 1 82975 89
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 Edit vms-00641 145 100 Lower Cretaceous 16837 Naranjo Mine, Campo Morado, Arcelia Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Naranjo Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 Edit vms-00642 145 100 Lower Cretaceous 19506 Reforma Mine, Campo Morado, Arcelia Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Reforma-El Rey Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 Edit Emily000407 36.1 34.1 35.1±1 K-Ar biotite Sol 5 2332 Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Tilzpotla Caldera Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004) 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002 JVGR136_97 Edit Emily000408 35.2 33 34.1±1.1 K-Ar biotite Sol 9 2332 Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Tilzpotla Caldera Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004) 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002 JVGR136_97 Edit Emily000409 35.7 33.7 34.7±1 K-Ar biotite Tz25-98 2332 Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Tilzpotla Caldera Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004) 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002 JVGR136_97 Edit Emily000410 35.8 32.8 34.3±1.5 K-Ar biotite Tz145-01 2332 Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Tilzpotla Caldera Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004) 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002 JVGR136_97 Edit Emily000411 34.36 34.16 34.26±0.1 K-Ar sanidine SOL 2 Sanidine Sanidine 2332 Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Tilzpotla Caldera Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004) 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002 JVGR136_97 Edit Emily000412 35.1 30.1 32.6±2.5 K-Ar plagioclase TZ187-01 2332 Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Tilzpotla Caldera Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004) 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002 JVGR136_97 Edit Emily000413 36.5 34.5 35.5±1 K-Ar sanidine Tz4-99 Sanidine Sanidine 2332 Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Tilzpotla Caldera Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004) 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002 JVGR136_97 Edit Emily000414 35.8 33 34.4±1.4 K-Ar plagioclase Tz17-99 2332 Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Tilzpotla Caldera Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004) 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002 JVGR136_97 Edit Emily000415 34.4 31.2 32.8±1.6 K-Ar plagioclase Tz18-99 2332 Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Tilzpotla Caldera Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004) 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002 JVGR136_97 Edit Emily000416 32.85 32.65 32.75±0.1 Ar-Ar plagioclase Tz63-02 2332 Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Tilzpotla Caldera Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004) 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002 JVGR136_97 Edit Emily000417 33.53 33.33 33.43±0.1 Ar-Ar plagioclase Tz62-02 2332 Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Tilzpotla Caldera Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004) 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002 JVGR136_97 Edit Emily000418 33.18 31.18 32.18±1 Rb-Sr biotite Bv 21 2332 Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Tilzpotla Caldera Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004) 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002 JVGR136_97 Edit Emily000419 33.18 31.18 32.18±1 Rb-Sr whole rock Bv 21 2332 Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Tilzpotla Caldera Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004) 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002 JVGR136_97 Edit Emily000420 34.35 34.17 34.26±0.09 40Ar/39Ar sanidine Sol 2 Sanidine Sanidine 2332 Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Tilzpotla Caldera Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004) 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002 JVGR136_97 Edit Hg-00020 34 5.3 K-Ar, Rb-Sr Christite, Cinnabar, Livingstonite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Routhierite, Simonite, Vrbaite Hg 2332 Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Campa and Ramírez (1979); Camprubi et al. (2003); Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004) Edit Bradley_2012_115 991 985 988±3 U/Pb zircon Zircon 9777 Agua Salada Mine, Huitzuco De Los Figueroa (Huitzuco), Huitzuco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Agua Salada McCauley and Bradley (2014) 10.3749/canmin.52.2.183 CM52_183 Edit vms-00644 120 120 Lower Cretaceous S 19649 Rey De Plata Mine, Guerrero, Mexico Rey de Plata Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 Edit 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 Edit 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 Edit EG98_1029_tbl_1_016 38 36 38–36? K-Ar 21178 Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Taxco Camprubi et al. (2003) 10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029 EG98_1029 Edit Emily000406 38 32 whole rock 21178 Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Taxco volcanic field Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004) 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002 JVGR136_97 Edit sedznpb-00322 33.9 23 Oligocene? 21178 Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico Taxco Singer et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252
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