Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Luz, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 29949
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29949.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Luz, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Jesús María Mine
Joya Mine
La Luz Mine
La Purísima Mine
Ovejera Mine
Rancho De Los Arperos
Refugio Mine
Rosario Mine
San Bernabé Mine
San Carlos Mine
San Cayetano Mine
San Lorenzo De Tehuilotepec Mine
Santa Clara Mine
Santa Cruz Mine
Santa Lucía Mine
Santa Rita Mine (Bolañitos Mine)
Tiro De Arcangeles (Archangels Shaft)

Latitude: 21°0'0"N
Longitude: 101°15'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21,-101.26638888889

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.

Acanthite	Apophyllite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite
Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Datolite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*
Naumannite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Al As Au B C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apophyllite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite
Marcasite None Not in a structural group Polybasite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc Tetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	4	82773,82775,82783,82789	2793
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	2	82783,82789	87
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	82775,82782	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	82773,82780,82783,82789	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	82775,82779,82783	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	82776,82779	2600
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	82783	498
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	82773	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	82789	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	82789	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	82776,82787,82789	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	82789	14640
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	2	82775,82780	85
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	82784	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	2	82776,82779	397
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	2	82782,82789	192
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	82773	2349
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	82783	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	5	82773,82775,82779,82788,82789	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	6	82775,82777,82781,82783,82784,82788	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	8	82773,82774,82775,82776,82779,82786,82788,82789	1425
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	82773,82775,82780,82783,82785,82789	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	82779,82785	1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	82773,82789	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	82779	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	3	82773,82783,82789	586
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	82775,82779	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	82790	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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