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Locality Name:
Bolaños, Bolaños Municipality, Jalisco, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 22.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 20.8

mindat Locality ID: 8214
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8214.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bolaños, Bolaños Municipality, Jalisco, Mexico": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Barranco Mine
Blanguita Mine
Descubridora Mine
Iguana Mine
Mina El Alacrán
Negritos Mine
Picacho Mine
Pichardo Mine
San Cayetano Mine
San José Mine
Santa Fé Mine
Verde Mine
Zuloaga Mine

Latitude: 21°40'59"N
Longitude: 103°46'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.683055555556,-103.78305555556

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H O Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCopperCorundumFluoriteLinariteMalachite
MiniumMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Copper  (*)Crocoite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Linarite  (*)Litharge  (*)
Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stromeyerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S22.220.81832222793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)22.220.81832162734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)222.220.8683212,83214,83215,83218,83222,832235509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)22.220.818321611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)22.220.818322227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)22.220.8583215,83216,83219,83221,832224979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S22.220.81832245707
Copper  (*)CopperCu22.220.81832163846
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)22.220.8483215,83219,83222,8322381
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF220.820.8383216,83221,832229617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS22.220.8383216,83221,8322224243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O322.220.818321514640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O22.220.81832161689
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)222.220.8183222987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO22.220.8183222139
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)222.220.8583212,83214,83215,83222,8322312537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO22.220.8283213,83222202
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl22.220.81832151107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O422.220.8183222247
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS322.220.8683212,83214,83215,83219,83222,832231425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS222.220.8483216,83217,83221,8322239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO222.220.8383216,83221,8322261156
Silver  (*)CopperAg22.220.8783215,83216,83219,83220,83221,83222,832235186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)22.220.81832162473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS22.220.8383216,83221,8322221482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS22.220.8183216332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1322.220.8583214,83215,83219,83222,832235317
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl22.220.8183215605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO422.220.8483216,83219,83221,83222303



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_018epithermal
EG98_1029_tbl_1_020epithermal


2 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
EG98_1029_tbl_1_01822.222.222.2K-Ar       8214Bolaños, Bolaños Municipality, Jalisco, MexicoBolañosCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 
EG98_1029_tbl_1_02020.820.820.8FT fluorite   Fluorite  8214Bolaños, Bolaños Municipality, Jalisco, MexicoSan Martín de BolañosCamprubi et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029EG98_1029 


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