Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Las Minas Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 27079
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27079.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Las Minas Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Las Minas
Zomelahuacan

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Garnet	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt

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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Chalcopyrite Copper Garnet None Pyrite Rocksalt

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Lead ()*
Pyrite ()*	Tremolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	84663,84664,84666	3419
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	21	84668,84670,84671,84672,84673,84674,84675,84676,84677,84678,84679,84680,84681,84682,84684,84686,84687,84689,84690,84692,84693	5516
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	84694	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	84688	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	84669,84671,84674	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	84694	3531
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	84683,84687,84691	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	84665	1544
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	84694	784
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	1	84685	192
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	84681,84684	39462
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	84663,84664,84666	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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