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Locality Name:
Zacazonapan Municipality, Mexico, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 120
Youngest recorded age at locality: 120

mindat Locality ID: 250960
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250960.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zacazonapan Municipality, Mexico, Mexico": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tizapa

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCovellite
MeneghiniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
StanniteTalcTetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Covellite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Halite  (*)
Meneghinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Sylvite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zoubekite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21201201834273419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1201201834279052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12012018342711547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1201201834271966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41201201834275516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11120120183427843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31201201834271089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12012018342727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21201201834275171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212012018342727198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181201201834271008
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1201201834274165
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12120120183427663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12012018342724243
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1201201834271398
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24120120183427158
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212012018342717380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31201201834271425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212012018342739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81201201834279056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212012018342761156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51201201834271516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12012018342721482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4120120183427668
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl120120183427275
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21201201834273337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131201201834275317
Zoubekite  (*)NoneAgPb4Sb4S1012012018342710


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
vms-00648120120Lower Cretaceous       S73255Tizapa, Zacazonapan Municipality, Mexico, MexicoTizapaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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