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

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

mindat Locality ID: 21178
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21178.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taxco De Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Taxco Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 49

Number of Child Localities: 49
Child Localities:
Acatitlan Mine
Agua Bendita Mine
Analco Mine
Apaga Candela Mine
Azul Mine
Babilonia Mine
Bermeja Mine
Calandria Mine
Caridad Mine
Catrina Mine
Cedral Mine
Chocotitlan Mine
Chontalpan
Cruz Mine
El Fraile Mine
El Solar Mine
Espiritu Santo Mine
Gavilán Mine
Golondrinas Mine
Guadalupe Mine
Guerrero Mine
Jesús Mine
La Concha Mine
La Purísima Mine
Luz Mine
Milagro Mine
Mora Mine
Pedregal Mine
Perla Mine
Remedios Mine
Rosario Mine
San Agustín Mine
San Antonio Mine
San Ignacio De La Borda Mine
San Lorenzo Mine
San Miguel Del Monte Mine
San Pedro Y San Pablo Mine
Santa Bárbara Mine
Santa Catrina Mine
Santa Gertrudis Mine
Santa Isabel Mine
Santa María Mine
Santa Teresa Mine
Trinidad Mine
Varones Mine
Xochicalco Mine
Xocotitlan Mine
Zapote Mine
Zumpancualmil Mine

Latitude: 18°31'59"N
Longitude: 99°35'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.533055555556,-99.599722222222

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	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Epsomite	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Halotrichite
Hexahydrite	Ilvaite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Polybasite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite	Xanthoconite

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Sr U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Epsomite Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Halotrichite
Hexahydrite Ilvaite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Polybasite
Pyrite Quartz Rhabdophane Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wollastonite Xanthoconite

68 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bassanite ()*	Bernalite ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Boyleite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gearksutite ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*
Hexahydrite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nimite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Saponite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Starkeyite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Valentinite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Xanthoconite ()*

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	4	82940,82952,82959,82960	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	38	23	1	82959	3419
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	38	23	1	82952	87
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	38	23	1	82975	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	38	23	3	82960,82963,82970	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	38	23	1	82952	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	38	23	9	82944,82954,82955,82957,82960,82961,82963,82970,82986	11547
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	38	23	1	82954	82
Bernalite ()*	Perovskite	Fe(OH)₃	38	23	1	82954	8
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	38	23	1	82960	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	38	23	1	82960	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	38	23	0		1089
Boyleite ()*	Starkeyite	Zn(SO₄)·4H₂O	38	23	1	82960	23
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	38	23	12	82940,82944,82952,82954,82957,82959,82960,82961,82963,82970,82973,82986	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	38	23	1	82944	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	38	23	4	82954,82960,82961,82963	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	38	23	9	82941,82952,82954,82956,82959,82960,82961,82963,82973	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	38	23	1	82943	1382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	38	23	4	82944,82960,82963,82975	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	38	23	0		8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	38	23	2	82954,82960	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	38	23	5	82944,82957,82960,82970,82986	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	38	23	1	82960	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	38	23	6	82954,82959,82960,82963,82970,82973	24243
Gearksutite ()*	None	CaAlF₄(OH)·H₂O	38	23	1	82944	68
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	38	23	1	82953	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	38	23	0		1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	38	23	5	82952,82954,82960,82961,82963	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	38	23	3	82944,82954,82960	14640
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	38	23	1	82960	73
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	38	23	1	82954	251
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	38	23	2	82960,82970	197
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	38	23	0		784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	38	23	4	82954,82960,82961,82963	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	38	23	1	82944	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	38	23	1	82970	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	38	23	5	82954,82960,82961,82963,82973	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	38	23	5	82944,82960,82962,82968,82973	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	38	23	1	82954	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	38	23	0		17380
Nimite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Ni,Mg,Al)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	38	23	1	82960	15
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	38	23	2	82954,82960	265
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	38	23	1	82972	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	38	23	7	82951,82952,82956,82966,82975,82981,82983	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	38	23	8	82940,82952,82959,82960,82961,82970,82978,82980	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	38	23	21	82944,82945,82949,82950,82951,82954,82955,82959,82960,82961,82962,82963,82965,82968,82969,82970,82971,82973,82974,82984,82985	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	38	23	1	82944	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	38	23	3	82954,82960,82973	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	38	23	9	82940,82944,82954,82957,82959,82960,82970,82978,82986	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	38	23	1	82944	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	38	23	2	82959,82970	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	38	23	1	82959	969
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	38	23	3	82954,82960,82961	293
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	38	23	1	82954	301
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	38	23	1	82963	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	38	23	20	82940,82942,82946,82951,82952,82956,82958,82959,82960,82966,82967,82968,82970,82975,82977,82979,82982,82984,82988,82989	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	38	23	2	82954,82963	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	38	23	26	82942,82944,82947,82948,82951,82952,82954,82956,82959,82960,82961,82962,82963,82968,82970,82973,82974,82975,82977,82979,82980,82982,82984,82987,82988,82989	21482
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	38	23	1	82960	79
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	38	23	3	82940,82943,82959	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	38	23	2	82960,82964	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	38	23	0		1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	38	23	2	82959,82960	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	38	23	0		2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	38	23	1	82944	2718
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	38	23	1	82976	369
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	38	23	0		1247
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	38	23	1	82975	89

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	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		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	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?			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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