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Locality Name:
Chiapas, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.8

mindat Locality ID: 24442
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24442.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chiapas, Mexico": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Acacoyagua Municipality
El Chichón Volcano
Ixhuatán Concession
Motozintla Municipality
Pichucalco Municipality
San Cristobal De Las Casas Municipality
Simojovel Municipality
Totolapa Municipality

Latitude: 15°56'5"N
Longitude: 92°33'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 15.934722222222,-92.560833333333

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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
DigeniteEnargiteEpidoteGarnetMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltSpinelWollastoniteWurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31816041534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)5.85.8281595,816011588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21816045509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18160411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4281598,816045516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)281597,8160427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25.85.8381598,81601,8160427198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1815984165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1815981027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4281598,81604910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5.85.81816018173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1816047437
Gold  (*)CopperAu281597,8159830554
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1815951398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3281594,8160414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O35.85.81816015433
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4181604249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218160412537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS25.85.8381598,81601,816045800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)25.85.818160117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25.85.8381597,81598,8160139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218159761156
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21816042562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31816041247



1 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
PorphCu-003355.85.85.8      Anhydrite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Ilmenite, Molybdenite, PyriteCu205989Tolimán Cu Deposit, Tolimán, Motozintla Municipality, Chiapas, MexicoTolimánSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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