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Locality Name:
Villa De La Paz Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 35.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 35.7

mindat Locality ID: 27330
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27330.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Villa De La Paz Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Paz

Latitude: 23°40'59"N
Longitude: 100°43'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.683055555556,-100.71666666667

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 Au Bi Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumMalachiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStibnite
SulphurTetrahedriteTitaniteWollastoniteZircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Litharge  (*)Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)235.735.71840423419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)335.735.7284042,840501534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)284046,840472734
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi35.735.71840501966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4384042,84044,840515516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1135.735.7184042843
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr284044,84049227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35.735.718404227770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1840451252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)384044,84046,840474979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1840435707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235.735.7484042,84044,84049,8405027198
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)184043363
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)35.735.71840428173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF235.735.71840429617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35.735.718404224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35.735.7284043,840507437
Gold  (*)CopperAu35.735.718404230554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)335.735.71840421544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1840496890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O635.735.7284042,84050741
Litharge  (*)NonePbO284044,84048139
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235.735.718405012537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO284044,84048202
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)35.735.71840424924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS235.735.7284042,840505800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)235.735.718404217380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O184043471
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)35.735.71840422349
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS335.735.71840421425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235.735.7384042,84050,8405139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1840441725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S835.735.7284042,840509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235.735.718404261156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1840431153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35.735.718404221482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S335.735.71840503418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS35.735.71840422045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1840431101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335.735.71840425317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O35.735.71840424899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)235.735.71840422562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO335.735.71840421247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO435.735.71840501655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)35.735.71840505251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_029epithermal


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
EG98_1029_tbl_1_02935.735.735.7?K-Ar       21463Santa María De La Paz Mine, La Paz, Villa De La Paz Municipality, San Luis Potosí, MexicoSanta María de la PazCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 


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