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Locality Name:
Sultepec De Pedro Ascencio De Alquisiras (Sultepec), Sultepec Municipality, Mexico, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 27147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sultepec De Pedro Ascencio De Alquisiras (Sultepec), Sultepec Municipality, Mexico, Mexico": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Alberto Mine
Campania Mine
Compania Mine
Concepción Mine
Cruz Mine
Guaje Mine
Luz Mine
Malacate Mine
Munoz Mine
Porvenir Mine
Presentacíon Mine
Providencia Mine
Quimica Mine
Refugio Mine
Salon Mine
San Antonio Mine
San Juan Bautista Mine
San Pedro Mine
Sangre De Cristo Mine
Santa Gertrudis Mine
Zapote Mine

Latitude: 18°52'0"N
Longitude: 99°57'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.866666666667,-99.95
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 As Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CopperGarnetNonePolybasitePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteStibnite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Galena  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31833561534
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS383352,83361,8336524243
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]183348716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3183363733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31833631425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2983350,83351,83353,83358,83360,83363,83364,83366,8336739462
Silver  (*)CopperAg1833635186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18335421482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4283348,83349586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3283347,833623418


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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