Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Xalapa Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 292794
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292794.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xalapa Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Estanzuela

Latitude: 19°26'59"N
Longitude: 96°50'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.449722222222,-96.849444444444

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5.3	2.6	1	84705	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5.3	2.6	1	84705	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5.3	2.6	1	84705	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5.3	2.6	1	84705	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5.3	2.6	1	84705	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5.3	2.6	1	84705	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.3	2.6	1	84705	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5.3	2.6	1	84705	21482

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-00338	5.3	2.6	Pliocene									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	205993	Cabello Blanco Prospect (Caballo Blanco Prospect), Estanzuela, Xalapa Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico	Caballo Blanco	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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