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Locality Name:
Guerrero 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: 11678
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11678.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guerrero Mine, Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
El Solar Shaft

Latitude: 18°32'0"N
Longitude: 99°36'"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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Epsomite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Ilvaite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Boyleite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Nimite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Starkeyite ()*	Stibnite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum
Epsomite Fluorite Gypsum Halotrichite Ilvaite Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

33 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	38	23	0		2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	38	23	0		9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	38	23	1	82961	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	38	23	0		5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	38	23	0		843
Boyleite ()*	Starkeyite	Zn(SO₄)·4H₂O	38	23	0		23
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	38	23	1	82961	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	38	23	1	82961	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	38	23	1	82961	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	38	23	0		9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	38	23	0		484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	38	23	0		9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	38	23	0		663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	38	23	0		24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	38	23	1	82961	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	38	23	0		14640
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	38	23	0		73
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	38	23	0		197
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	38	23	1	82961	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	38	23	1	82961	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	38	23	0		5674
Nimite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Ni,Mg,Al)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	38	23	0		15
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	38	23	0		265
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	38	23	1	82961	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	38	23	1	82961	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	38	23	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	38	23	0		61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	38	23	1	82961	293
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	38	23	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	38	23	1	82961	21482
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	38	23	0		79
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	38	23	0		3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	38	23	0		5317

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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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