Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
San Isidro, La Huacana Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31.8

mindat Locality ID: 235774
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235774.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Isidro, La Huacana Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cerro Pelon
Cerro Verde

Latitude: 19°0'5"N
Longitude: 101°57'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.001388888889,-101.95194444444

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	Andalusite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote Malachite Mica Nickeline
None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

14 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
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	33.2	31.8	1	83534	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	33.2	31.8	2	83534,83535	27198
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃			1	83535	127
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	33.2	31.8	1	83534	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	33.2	31.8	1	83534	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	33.2	31.8	1	83534	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	33.2	31.8	1	83534	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	33.2	31.8	1	83534	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	33.2	31.8	1	83534	186
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	83535	492
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	33.2	31.8	2	83534,83535	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	33.2	31.8	1	83534	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	33.2	31.8	1	83534	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	83535	1101

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-00334	33.2	31.8	32.5±0.7									Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Neotocite	Cu	205988	Cerro Pelon, San Isidro, La Huacana Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	San Isidro	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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