Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Puerto Chicxulub, northwest Coastline Of The Yucatán Peninsula, Yucatán, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 276913
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276913.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Puerto Chicxulub, northwest Coastline Of The Yucatán Peninsula, Yucatán, Mexico": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chicxulub Impact Structure

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Spinel	Titanite

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: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Feldspar None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Spinel Titanite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gaylussite ()*	Halite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	84710	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	84710	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	84710	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	84710	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	84710	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	84710	27198
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	84710	2740
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	1	84710	57
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	84710	1398
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	84710	14899
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	84710	2349
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	84710	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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