Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Paz, Villa De La Paz Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 35.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 35.7

mindat Locality ID: 27244
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27244.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Paz, Villa De La Paz Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Dolores Mine
La Paz Mine
Luz Mine
Plomosa Mine
Providencia Mine
Santa Ana Mine
Santa Fé Mine
Santa María De La Paz Mine
Trinidad Mine

Latitude: 23°40'59"N
Longitude: 100°43'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.683055555556,-100.71666666667

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.

Adelite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Litharge ()*	Malachite ()*	Massicot ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Bi Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite
Sulphur Tetrahedrite Titanite Wollastonite Zircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	35.7	35.7	0		3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	35.7	35.7	1	84050	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			2	84046,84047	2734
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	35.7	35.7	1	84050	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	84044,84051	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	35.7	35.7	0		843
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr			2	84044,84049	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	35.7	35.7	0		27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	84045	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			3	84044,84046,84047	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	84043	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	35.7	35.7	3	84044,84049,84050	27198
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)			1	84043	363
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	35.7	35.7	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	35.7	35.7	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	35.7	35.7	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	35.7	35.7	2	84043,84050	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	35.7	35.7	0		30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	35.7	35.7	0		1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	84049	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	35.7	35.7	1	84050	741
Litharge ()*	None	PbO			2	84044,84048	139
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	35.7	35.7	1	84050	12537
Massicot ()*	None	PbO			2	84044,84048	202
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	35.7	35.7	0		4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	35.7	35.7	1	84050	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	35.7	35.7	0		17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	84043	471
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	35.7	35.7	0		2349
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	35.7	35.7	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	35.7	35.7	2	84050,84051	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	84044	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	35.7	35.7	1	84050	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	35.7	35.7	0		61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	84043	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	35.7	35.7	0		21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	35.7	35.7	1	84050	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	35.7	35.7	0		2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	84043	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	35.7	35.7	0		5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	35.7	35.7	0		4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	35.7	35.7	0		2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	35.7	35.7	0		1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	35.7	35.7	1	84050	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	35.7	35.7	1	84050	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG98_1029_tbl_1_029	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_029	35.7	35.7	35.7?	K-Ar										21463	Santa María De La Paz Mine, La Paz, Villa De La Paz Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Santa María de la Paz	Camprubi et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029	EG98_1029

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