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:
Los Habilos, Tepalcatepec Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1895
Youngest recorded age at locality: 129.9

mindat Locality ID: 282006
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282006.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Los Habilos, Tepalcatepec Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tepalcuatita Prospect

Latitude: 19°7'0"N
Longitude: 102°55'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.116666666667,-102.91666666667

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.

Alunite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Mica	None	Pyrite

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 Au Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Mica None Pyrite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Jarosite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	129.9	1	83550	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	129.9	1	83550	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	129.9	1	83550	30554
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	145	129.9	1	83550	2228
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1895	129.9	1	83550	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	129.9	1	83550	39462

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00332	145	129.9	140±5 – 131±1.1									Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gold, Jarosite, Pyrite	Cu	205987	Tepalcuatita Prospect, Los Habilos, Tepalcatepec Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	Tepal	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00333	1895	1879	1887±8										Cu	205987	Tepalcuatita Prospect, Los Habilos, Tepalcatepec Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	Tepalcuatita	Singer et al. (2005)		USGSOFR2005_1060

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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