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Locality Name:
Inguaran, La Huacana Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36
Youngest recorded age at locality: 36

mindat Locality ID: 27180
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27180.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Inguaran, La Huacana Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Inguaran Mine
Palma Mine
Reina Mine
San Cristóbal Mine

Latitude: 18°52'51"N
Longitude: 101°38'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.880833333333,-101.64055555556
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteDiasporeEpidoteMicaMolybdenite
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S36361835212793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)236361835213419
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3636283521,8352427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S36361835215707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2363618352127198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1835232600
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)36361835218173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3636283521,8352424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)36361835217437
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS236361835215800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2363618352117380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31835221425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23636283521,8352439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23636283521,8352461156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)36361835214894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3636283521,8352421482


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
PorphCu-00041363636      Actinolite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Goethite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, ScheeliteCu11973Inguaran Mine, Inguaran, La Huacana Municipality, Michoacan, MexicoInguaranSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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