Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Mascota Municipality, Jalisco, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 164
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 27004
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27004.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mascota Municipality, Jalisco, Mexico": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bramador
Mascota
Natividad
San Sebastián

Latitude: 20°33'59"N
Longitude: 104°48'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.566388888889,-104.81611111111

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	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Linarite	Malachite	Melonite	None	Rhodonite	Talc
Tetrahedrite

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 Au C Cu H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Clay Copper Linarite Malachite Melonite None Rhodonite Talc
Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Talc ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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			1	83277	2793
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	164	100	5	83271,83272,83273,83275,83280	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	83280	804
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	83269	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	164	100	1	83274	12537
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	83280	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	83280	969
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			1	83280	586
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	83280	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	83268	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	83278	5317

1 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-00636	164	100	Late Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous											12097	Jesús María Mine, Mascota, Mascota Municipality, Jalisco, Mexico	Jesus Maria-Patrocinio	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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