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Locality Name:
Tepeyahualco Municipality, Puebla, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 27297
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27297.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tepeyahualco Municipality, Puebla, Mexico": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Alchichica
Sierra De Tepeyahualco
Tepeyahualco

Latitude: 19°24'52"N
Longitude: 97°24'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.414444444444,-97.403055555556

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S Sb 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteCorundumNoneNot in a structural groupRocksaltTetrahedrite

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Hematite  (*)Huntite  (*)
Hydromagnesite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS283827,83831312
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1838283250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18382827770
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318383314640
Huntite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMg3(CO3)418382869
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O183828341
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1838341711
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131838305317



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070174Preciosa Sangre De Cristo Mine (Preciosa Sangue De Cristo Mine; Preciosa Mine), Cerro Tlachiaque, Alchichica, Tepeyahualco Municipality, Puebla, Mexicohttps://rruff.info/R070174


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