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Locality Name:
Tayoltita Mine, Tayoltita, San Dimas District, San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 38.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31.9

mindat Locality ID: 25025
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25025.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tayoltita Mine, Tayoltita, San Dimas District, San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°5'0"N
Longitude: 105°56'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.083333333333,-105.93333333333

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetJalpaiteMicaNonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelTitanite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jalpaite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S38.631.902793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)238.631.903419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)38.631.908803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)338.631.901534
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)38.631.9027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS238.631.9027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)38.631.908173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS38.631.9024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu38.631.9030554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O338.631.905433
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS238.631.90116
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O438.631.9014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)238.631.9017380
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]38.631.90249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]38.631.90716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS238.631.9039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO238.631.9061156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)38.631.90969
Silver  (*)CopperAg38.631.905186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS38.631.9021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O38.631.904899



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_011epithermal


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
EG98_1029_tbl_1_01138.631.938.6–31.9K-Ar    Yes  27971San Dimas District, San Dimas Municipality, Durango, MexicoSan DimasCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 


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