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Locality Name:
Guadalcázar, Guadalcázar Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 27243
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27243.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guadalcázar, Guadalcázar Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Animas Mine
Barros Mine
Escarabajo Mine
Jesús Mine
Mercurio Mine
Promontorio Mine
Providencia Mine
Refugio Mine
San Agustín Mine (San Augustín Mine)
San Antonio De Padua Mine
San Esteban Mine
San José Mine
San Juan Mine
San Nicolás Claim
San Rafael Mine
Santa Elena Mine
Santa Lucía Mine
Soledad Mine
Trinidad Mine

Latitude: 22°37'0"N
Longitude: 100°24'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.616666666667,-100.4
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 As B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca H Mn O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteArsenopyriteAxiniteChalcopyriteCorundumGarnetGypsumNoneOrpiment
PyriteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSulphur

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Orpiment  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1840139052
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2088
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2284008,840105171
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4184001352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218401327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1840021382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1840133531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS883995,83996,83997,84002,84003,84006,84011,840132600
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31840091544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O383998,84007,840136890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318400914640
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2184013230
Mercury  (*)NoneHg883995,83996,83997,84002,84003,84006,84011,84013397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS284001,84013255
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1840001107
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3184012511
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2184000142
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2284005,8400939462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1840001725
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS383999,84004,840132045
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41840001655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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