Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
La Concha 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: 217862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217862.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Gypsum None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	38	23	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	38	23	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	38	23	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	38	23	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	38	23	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	38	23	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	38	23	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	38	23	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	38	23	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	38	23	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	38	23	39462
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	38	23	1153
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	38	23	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	38	23	21482

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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