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:
Alchichica, Tepeyahualco Municipality, Puebla, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 288862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alchichica, Tepeyahualco Municipality, Puebla, Mexico": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cerro Tlachiaque
Lake Alchichica

Latitude: 19°24'53"N
Longitude: 97°24'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.414722222222,-97.403055555556

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt

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: C Ca H Mg Mn O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Alabandite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Huntite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	83827	312
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	83828	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	83828	27770
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	1	83828	69
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	83828	341

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070174	Preciosa Sangre De Cristo Mine (Preciosa Sangue De Cristo Mine; Preciosa Mine), Cerro Tlachiaque, Alchichica, Tepeyahualco Municipality, Puebla, Mexico	https://rruff.info/R070174

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