Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Azul Mine, Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 38
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23

mindat Locality ID: 9954
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9954.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Azul Mine, Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°31'60"N
Longitude: 99°35'60"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.533333333333,-99.6

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	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Sphalerite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gearksutite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca F Fe H Mg Mn O S Si Sr U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca F Fe H Mg Mn O S Si Sr U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Fluorite Kaolinite Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	38	23	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	38	23	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	38	23	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	38	23	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	38	23	9617
Gearksutite ()*	None	CaAlF₄(OH)·H₂O	38	23	68
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	38	23	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	38	23	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	38	23	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	38	23	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	38	23	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	38	23	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	38	23	712
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	38	23	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	38	23	2718

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_016	epithermal

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
EG98_1029_tbl_1_016	38	36	38–36?	K-Ar		Yes	21178	Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico	Taxco	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029
Emily000406	38	32			whole rock	Yes	21178	Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico	Taxco volcanic field	Moran-Zenteno et al. (2004)	10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.04.002	JVGR136_97
sedznpb-00322	33.9	23	Oligocene?			Yes	21178	Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico	Taxco	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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