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Locality Name:
Cerro De San Pedro Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 67.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60.8

mindat Locality ID: 28568
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28568.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro De San Pedro Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cerro De San Pedro (San Pedro)

Latitude: 22°12'59"N
Longitude: 100°48'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.216388888889,-100.81611111111

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 Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg O Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksalt
Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)67.260.81839682734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)267.260.8283967,839745509
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)67.260.8383965,83966,83973716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)67.260.8283972,8397427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)67.260.8283964,839684979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS267.260.8383970,83972,8397427198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl67.260.81839691382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS67.260.81839712600
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS67.260.8283972,8397424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu67.260.8483963,83967,83970,8397430554
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS267.260.8283972,8397439462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS67.260.8283972,8397421482



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
sedznpb-0030667.260.864±3.2        27668Cerro De San Pedro (San Pedro), Cerro De San Pedro Municipality, San Luis Potosí, MexicoCerro San PedroSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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