Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Arcelia Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 26323
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26323.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arcelia Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Campo Morado

Latitude: 18°11'32"N
Longitude: 100°9'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.192222222222,-100.15472222222

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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Copper	None	Pyrite	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 As Cl Fe O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Arsenopyrite Copper None Pyrite Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Litharge ()*	Massicot ()*	Mimetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	145	100	2	82874,82875	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145	100	2	82874,82875	9052
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	145	100	2	82874,82875	139
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	145	100	2	82874,82875	202
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	145	100	1	82874	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	100	1	82874	39462
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	145	100	1	82875	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	100	2	82874,82875	21482

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
	vms-00641	145	100	Lower Cretaceous											16837	Naranjo Mine, Campo Morado, Arcelia Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico	Naranjo	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
	vms-00642	145	100	Lower Cretaceous											19506	Reforma Mine, Campo Morado, Arcelia Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico	Reforma-El Rey	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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