Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Tuzantla Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 150
Youngest recorded age at locality: 122

mindat Locality ID: 292787
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292787.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tuzantla Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tuzantla

Latitude: 19°22'59"N
Longitude: 100°41'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.383055555556,-100.68333333333

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Kaolinite	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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Epidote ()*	Kaolinite ()*	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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	150	122	1	83592	3419
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	150	122	1	83592	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	150	122	1	83592	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	150	122	1	83592	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	83591	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	150	122	1	83592	8173
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	150	122	1	83592	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	150	122	1	83592	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	150	122	1	83592	39462

1 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-00331	150	122	150–122									Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Pyrite	Cu	205986	Tiámaro Cu-Au Deposit, Tuzantla, Tuzantla Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	Tiámaro	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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