Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Sultepec Municipality, Mexico, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 27302
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27302.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sultepec Municipality, Mexico, Mexico": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Sultepec De Pedro Ascencio De Alquisiras (Sultepec)
Tlatlaya

Latitude: 18°52'0"N
Longitude: 99°57'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.866666666667,-99.95

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.

Copper	Garnet	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite

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 Au Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Garnet None Polybasite Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	83356	1534
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	83352,83361,83365	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	83369	30554
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	83348	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	83363	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	83363	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	83350,83351,83353,83358,83360,83363,83364,83366,83367	39462
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	83363	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	83354	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	2	83348,83349	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	83347,83362	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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