Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tajos Mine, Cerro De Los Tajos, San Miguel, Batopilas, Andres Del Rio District, Batopilas Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 52.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 45

mindat Locality ID: 25384
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25384.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tajos Mine, Cerro De Los Tajos, San Miguel, Batopilas, Andres Del Rio District, Batopilas Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°1'0"N
Longitude: 107°44'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.016666666667,-107.73333333333

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.

Arsenic	Copper	None	Sphalerite

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 Bi S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Copper None Sphalerite

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Bismuth ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	52.7	45	1966
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	52.7	45	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	52.7	50.5	21482

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_001	epithermal

2 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
	EG98_1029_tbl_1_001	48	45	48–45?	K-Ar						Yes				2300	Batopilas, Andres Del Rio District, Batopilas Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico	Batopilas	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029
	PorphCu-00006	52.7	50.5	51.6±1.1							Yes		Actinolite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	2300	Batopilas, Andres Del Rio District, Batopilas Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico	Batopilas	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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