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Locality Name:
Hidalgo, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 20

mindat Locality ID: 2330
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2330.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hidalgo, Mexico": 178
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 148

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Actopán Municipality
Arenal Municipality
Cardonal Municipality
Huichapán Municipality
Jacala Municipality
Mineral De Chico Municipality
Mineral De Monte Municipality
Mineral Del Chico Municipality
Mineral Del Monte Municipality
Molango Municipality
Pachuca Municipality
Tetela De Ocampo
Zacualtipán Municipality
Zimapán Municipality

Latitude: 20°35'52"N
Longitude: 98°55'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.597777777778,-98.932222222222
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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteApophylliteAragonite
ArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrauniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorrensiteCorundumCristobaliteCubaniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadolinite
GarnetGypsumKaoliniteKobelliteLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeneghiniteMica
MiniumMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePolybasitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RamsdelliteRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteStanniteStibnite
TalcTetrahedriteTridymiteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtziteZinkenite

106 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Alamosite  (*)Albite  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Braunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bustamite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Datolite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)Hydrobiotite  (*)
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)
Litharge  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Melanterite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Minium  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Nsutite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spurrite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Sternbergite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S33.9201283028,83029,83030,83071,83099,83112,83113,83116,83120,83125,83136,831582793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)33.923183175254
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS2120183128312
Alamosite  (*)Not in a structural groupPbSiO333.92318318917
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)21201830998803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)333.923283151,831581534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)33.923483168,83173,83179,831892734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)21201831283250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS33.923583149,83158,83163,83173,831899052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)633.923183173919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)33.920383070,83101,8317811547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)633.923183189413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS433.9231831585516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1133.923283151,83158843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31831511089
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)2120383069,83074,83085483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)633.923283171,831931633
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)22120283099,83146101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)33.9201783058,83069,83071,83094,83096,83099,83101,83112,83114,83116,83125,83128,83132,83136,83151,83154,8315827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)33.9231383042,83043,83044,83045,83046,83047,83048,83049,83172,83173,83175,83189,831964979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O33.923183173925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S33.923283153,831725707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS233.920983058,83061,83062,83099,83101,83110,83149,83158,8316727198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl21201830691382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2120283113,831303531
Copper  (*)CopperCu33.920383125,83153,831743846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S533.923183158344
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2183098453
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S333.923183158802
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)183151498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O633.9231831584135
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)183058180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)33.9231831588173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF233.923583158,83161,83165,83173,831929617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1233.923183158663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS33.920883035,83099,83151,83158,83161,83173,83175,8318924243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S433.923183158192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)33.920583069,83070,83074,83113,831737437
Gold  (*)CopperAu212018309930554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)333.923283151,831581544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2120283112,831546890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O333.9202083033,83035,83070,83074,83076,83085,83086,83088,83102,83113,83128,83130,83136,83137,83161,83172,83173,83188,83195,8319714640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te33.923183158804
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)633.92318318957
Hydrobiotite  (*)Corrensite ClayK(Mg,Fe2+)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·nH2O33.92318317349
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O212018312885
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1433.923783158,83159,83166,83175,83191,83198,83199784
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O6212018307373
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42120383059,83070,830745591
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2383094,83095,83096234
Litharge  (*)NonePbO33.923183172139
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs233.923183196762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4212018312814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)233.920683105,83108,83120,83128,83172,8317312537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)2120683066,83067,83069,83070,83074,83085770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS233.9231831585674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO33.923283172,83173202
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O33.923183173915
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S2433.923383158,83167,83173158
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl33.9231831721107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O433.923183173247
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS233.9231831735800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO333.923183173140
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)33.923183173153
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)233.920383099,83173,8318917380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)33.923183173884
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x283090,83095121
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)33.923283169,83175492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O33.923283158,831732994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)33.920283082,831892349
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)633.923183173477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]2120683061,83068,83069,83072,83101,83128716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3283060,83061733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS333.9201183102,83106,83107,83110,83112,83119,83121,83129,83131,83132,831731425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS233.920683035,83096,83099,83151,83158,8318939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO221202083100,83102,83103,83105,83107,83109,83110,83112,83114,83116,83119,83121,83122,83123,83128,83129,83131,83132,83137,831383106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl33.920383118,83169,831721725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S833.923983158,83159,83161,83164,83166,83167,83175,83185,831999056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO233.920683069,83071,83099,83136,83151,8315861156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS33.923283051,83173712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)21201383025,83068,83071,83072,83075,83094,83095,83096,83113,83115,83121,83128,831391711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)21201483069,83070,83075,83081,83086,83087,83099,83101,83110,83115,83125,83128,83134,83142969
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O102120683074,83079,83085,83102,83110,83112312
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)33.9231831674894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O33.923283169,831751153
Silver  (*)CopperAg33.9202583068,83071,83072,83078,83079,83081,83083,83102,83104,83110,83111,83112,83113,83115,83117,83120,83128,83130,83133,83135,83136,83138,83140,83141,831765186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)33.9231831732473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS33.9203283058,83061,83062,83070,83072,83077,83078,83080,83081,83085,83099,83113,83116,83120,83151,83155,83158,83161,83162,83169,83170,83173,83174,83177,83180,83182,83184,83186,83188,83189,83190,8319721482
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)33.92318317354
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS433.923183158668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS42120483071,83125,83144,83145586
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S3212018309962
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S321201831273418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22120483096,83101,83110,831203337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1333.923283158,831731803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2120283034,830851101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1333.9231283158,83161,83169,83174,83176,83186,83187,83188,83190,83194,83197,832005317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)233.920483084,83088,83170,831752562
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2183098458
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl33.920583036,83126,83130,83158,83173605
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1033.923483157,83158,83170,831811395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO333.9231831581247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO433.923383160,83173,831891655
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)22120183114109
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S4233.923183183228
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)33.9231831831025


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
AJES44_373-00017212021-20       Au21164Mineral Del Monte (Mineral Del Real Del Monte; Real Del Monte), Mineral Del Monte Municipality, Hidalgo, MexicoReal del MonteSillitoe (1997)10.1080/08120099708728318AJES44_373 
AJES44_373-00016212021-20       Au2337Pachuca De Soto (Pachuca), Pachuca Municipality, Hidalgo, MexicoPachucaSillitoe (1997)10.1080/08120099708728318AJES44_373 
sedznpb-0032433.923Oligocene        2331Zimapán, Zimapán Municipality, Hidalgo, MexicoZimapanSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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