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Locality Name:
Topia, Topia Municipality, Durango, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 43.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 43.8

mindat Locality ID: 25588
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25588.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Topia, Topia Municipality, Durango, Mexico": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
Adrugada Mine
Candelaria Mine
Cantarranas Mine
Charrera Mine
Colorada Mine
Contaranas Mine
Fe Mine (La Fe Mine)
La Purísima Mine
Magistral Mine
Marquesa Mine
Ocotal Mine (Otatal Mine)
Otela Mine
Palmira Mine
Perla Mine
Picacho Mine
Prieta Mine
Provedora Mine
Providencia Mine
Refugio Mine
Restauradora Mine
Salto Mine
San Antonio Mine
San Felipe Mine
San José Del Tigre Mine
San José Mine
Santa Cruz Mine
Santa Eduwigis Mine
Santa Gertrudis Mine
Santa Juliana Mine
Santa Paulina Mine
Toro Mine
Victoria Mine

Latitude: 25°13'0"N
Longitude: 106°33'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.216666666667,-106.56638888889

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba Ca F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundumFluorite
KaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celadonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S43.843.81826942793
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS43.843.8182719312
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS43.843.809052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)43.843.8011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)43.843.818271427770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)243.843.80309
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS243.843.8382706,82717,8272427198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)843.843.80577
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)843.843.801756
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF243.843.809617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS43.843.8024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu43.843.8030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O343.843.818271014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)443.843.805591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS243.843.805674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)243.843.8017380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]43.843.8282717,82720716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS343.843.81826991425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS243.843.81282700,82701,82702,82704,82705,82706,82708,82711,82712,82716,82718,8272439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO243.843.8061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg43.843.81827205186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS43.843.82382695,82696,82697,82698,82701,82702,82703,82704,82706,82707,82708,82709,82712,82713,82715,82716,82718,82720,82721,82722,82723,82724,8272521482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1343.843.8282703,827075317



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_012epithermal


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_01243.843.843.8K-Ar       25588Topia, Topia Municipality, Durango, MexicoTopiaCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 


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