Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Borda Mine, Tlalpujahua, San Pedro Y San Pablo De Tlalpujahua District, Tlalpujahua Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 27
Youngest recorded age at locality: 27

mindat Locality ID: 8812
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8812.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Borda Mine, Tlalpujahua, San Pedro Y San Pablo De Tlalpujahua District, Tlalpujahua Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Latitude: 19°48'0"N
Longitude: 100°10'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.8,-100.16666666667

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	Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	Polybasite	Tetrahedrite

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 Cu Fe S Sb

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Cu Fe S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Chalcopyrite Copper None Polybasite Tetrahedrite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Silver ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	27	27	2793
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27	27	27198
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	27	27	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	27	27	1425
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	27	27	5186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	27	27	5317

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_022	epithermal

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
	EG98_1029_tbl_1_022	27	27	27	K-Ar						Yes				14670	Tlalpujahua, San Pedro Y San Pablo De Tlalpujahua District, Tlalpujahua Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico	El Oro-Tlalpujahua	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029

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