Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Veracruz, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 2336
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2336.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Veracruz, Mexico": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ixtaczoquitlán Municipality
Las Minas Municipality
Mun. Las Vigas De Ramírez (Mun. De Profesor Rafael Ramírez)
Tatatila Municipality
Xalapa Municipality

Latitude: 19°18'22"N
Longitude: 96°59'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.306111111111,-96.984166666667

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Heulandite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Titanite	Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Clinoptilolite-K ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Lead ()*	Magnetite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stilbite-Na ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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: Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Heulandite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Titanite Vesuvianite

32 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			3	84663,84664,84666	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	84696,84698	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	84699	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			2	84696,84698	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5.3	2.6	3	84695,84699,84705	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5.3	2.6	22	84668,84670,84671,84672,84673,84674,84675,84676,84677,84678,84679,84680,84681,84682,84684,84686,84687,84689,84690,84692,84693,84705	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	84699	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	84694	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	84688	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5.3	2.6	4	84669,84671,84674,84705	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			2	84694,84698	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	84696	1756
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃			1	84698	127
Clinoptilolite-K ()*	Heulandite	K₆(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O			1	84698	13
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5.3	2.6	3	84695,84698,84705	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5.3	2.6	4	84683,84687,84691,84705	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	84665	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	84695,84701,84702	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O			2	84696,84698	246
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	84694	784
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			2	84698,84699	1271
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb			1	84685	192
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5.3	2.6	1	84705	14899
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	84696,84698	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.3	2.6	4	84681,84684,84697,84705	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			5	84660,84695,84696,84698,84699	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5.3	2.6	1	84705	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O			2	84696,84698	189
Stilbite-Na ()*	Stilbite	Na₉(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O			2	84696,84698	15
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			2	84696,84698	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	84663,84664,84666	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	5.3	2.6	0		1395

1 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-00338	5.3	2.6	Pliocene									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	205993	Cabello Blanco Prospect (Caballo Blanco Prospect), Estanzuela, Xalapa Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico	Caballo Blanco	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060604	Piedra Parada (Piedras Parado), Tatatila Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R060604

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