Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hidalgo, Mexico

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 20

mindat Locality ID: 2330
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2330.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hidalgo, Mexico": 178
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 148

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Actopán Municipality
Arenal Municipality
Cardonal Municipality
Huichapán Municipality
Jacala Municipality
Mineral De Chico Municipality
Mineral De Monte Municipality
Mineral Del Chico Municipality
Mineral Del Monte Municipality
Molango Municipality
Pachuca Municipality
Tetela De Ocampo
Zacualtipán Municipality
Zimapán Municipality

Latitude: 20°35'52"N
Longitude: 98°55'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.597777777778,-98.932222222222

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	Allargentum	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Apophyllite	Aragonite
Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Braunite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corrensite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite
Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Meneghinite	Mica
Minium	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Ramsdellite	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Stannite	Stibnite
Talc	Tetrahedrite	Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Zinkenite

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Apophyllite Aragonite
Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Braunite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corrensite Corundum Cristobalite Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite
Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Kobellite Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Meneghinite Mica
Minium Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Ramsdellite Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Stannite Stibnite
Talc Tetrahedrite Tridymite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite Zinkenite

106 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Adamite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Alamosite ()*	Albite ()*
Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Braunite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Bustamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Cosalite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Datolite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hidalgoite ()*	Hydrobiotite ()*
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Johannsenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*
Litharge ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Massicot ()*	Melanterite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Minium ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Nsutite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spurrite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Sternbergite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xonotlite ()*	Zinkenite ()*
Zoisite ()*

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	33.9	20	12	83028,83029,83030,83071,83099,83112,83113,83116,83120,83125,83136,83158	2793
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	33.9	23	1	83175	254
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	21	20	1	83128	312
Alamosite ()*	Not in a structural group	PbSiO₃	33.9	23	1	83189	17
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	21	20	1	83099	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	33.9	23	2	83151,83158	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	33.9	23	4	83168,83173,83179,83189	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	21	20	1	83128	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	33.9	23	5	83149,83158,83163,83173,83189	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	33.9	23	1	83173	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	33.9	20	3	83070,83101,83178	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	33.9	23	1	83189	413
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	33.9	23	1	83158	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	33.9	23	2	83151,83158	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	83151	1089
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	21	20	3	83069,83074,83085	483
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	33.9	23	2	83171,83193	1633
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	21	20	2	83099,83146	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	33.9	20	17	83058,83069,83071,83094,83096,83099,83101,83112,83114,83116,83125,83128,83132,83136,83151,83154,83158	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	33.9	23	13	83042,83043,83044,83045,83046,83047,83048,83049,83172,83173,83175,83189,83196	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	33.9	23	1	83173	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	33.9	23	2	83153,83172	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	33.9	20	9	83058,83061,83062,83099,83101,83110,83149,83158,83167	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	21	20	1	83069	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	21	20	2	83113,83130	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	33.9	20	3	83125,83153,83174	3846
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	33.9	23	1	83158	344
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	83098	453
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	33.9	23	1	83158	802
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)			1	83151	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	33.9	23	1	83158	4135
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)			1	83058	180
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	33.9	23	1	83158	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	33.9	23	5	83158,83161,83165,83173,83192	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	33.9	23	1	83158	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	33.9	20	8	83035,83099,83151,83158,83161,83173,83175,83189	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	33.9	23	1	83158	192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	33.9	20	5	83069,83070,83074,83113,83173	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	21	20	1	83099	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	33.9	23	2	83151,83158	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	21	20	2	83112,83154	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	33.9	20	20	83033,83035,83070,83074,83076,83085,83086,83088,83102,83113,83128,83130,83136,83137,83161,83172,83173,83188,83195,83197	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	33.9	23	1	83158	804
Hidalgoite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)₆	33.9	23	1	83189	57
Hydrobiotite ()*	Corrensite Clay	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·nH₂O	33.9	23	1	83173	49
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	21	20	1	83128	85
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	33.9	23	7	83158,83159,83166,83175,83191,83198,83199	784
Johannsenite ()*	Pyroxene	CaMnSi₂O₆	21	20	1	83073	73
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	21	20	3	83059,83070,83074	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂			3	83094,83095,83096	234
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	33.9	23	1	83172	139
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	33.9	23	1	83196	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	21	20	1	83128	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	33.9	20	6	83105,83108,83120,83128,83172,83173	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	21	20	6	83066,83067,83069,83070,83074,83085	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	33.9	23	1	83158	5674
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	33.9	23	2	83172,83173	202
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	33.9	23	1	83173	915
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	33.9	23	3	83158,83167,83173	158
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	33.9	23	1	83172	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	33.9	23	1	83173	247
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	33.9	23	1	83173	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	33.9	23	1	83173	140
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	33.9	23	1	83173	153
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	33.9	20	3	83099,83173,83189	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	33.9	23	1	83173	884
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x			2	83090,83095	121
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	33.9	23	2	83169,83175	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	33.9	23	2	83158,83173	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	33.9	20	2	83082,83189	2349
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	33.9	23	1	83173	477
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	21	20	6	83061,83068,83069,83072,83101,83128	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			2	83060,83061	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	33.9	20	11	83102,83106,83107,83110,83112,83119,83121,83129,83131,83132,83173	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	33.9	20	6	83035,83096,83099,83151,83158,83189	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	21	20	20	83100,83102,83103,83105,83107,83109,83110,83112,83114,83116,83119,83121,83122,83123,83128,83129,83131,83132,83137,83138	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	33.9	20	3	83118,83169,83172	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	33.9	23	9	83158,83159,83161,83164,83166,83167,83175,83185,83199	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	33.9	20	6	83069,83071,83099,83136,83151,83158	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	33.9	23	2	83051,83173	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	21	20	13	83025,83068,83071,83072,83075,83094,83095,83096,83113,83115,83121,83128,83139	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	21	20	14	83069,83070,83075,83081,83086,83087,83099,83101,83110,83115,83125,83128,83134,83142	969
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	21	20	6	83074,83079,83085,83102,83110,83112	312
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	33.9	23	1	83167	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	33.9	23	2	83169,83175	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	33.9	20	25	83068,83071,83072,83078,83079,83081,83083,83102,83104,83110,83111,83112,83113,83115,83117,83120,83128,83130,83133,83135,83136,83138,83140,83141,83176	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	33.9	23	1	83173	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	33.9	20	32	83058,83061,83062,83070,83072,83077,83078,83080,83081,83085,83099,83113,83116,83120,83151,83155,83158,83161,83162,83169,83170,83173,83174,83177,83180,83182,83184,83186,83188,83189,83190,83197	21482
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	33.9	23	1	83173	54
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	33.9	23	1	83158	668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	21	20	4	83071,83125,83144,83145	586
Sternbergite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	21	20	1	83099	62
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	21	20	1	83127	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	21	20	4	83096,83101,83110,83120	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	33.9	23	2	83158,83173	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	21	20	2	83034,83085	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	33.9	23	12	83158,83161,83169,83174,83176,83186,83187,83188,83190,83194,83197,83200	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	33.9	20	4	83084,83088,83170,83175	2562
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂			1	83098	458
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	33.9	20	5	83036,83126,83130,83158,83173	605
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	33.9	23	4	83157,83158,83170,83181	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	33.9	23	1	83158	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	33.9	23	3	83160,83173,83189	1655
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	21	20	1	83114	109
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	33.9	23	1	83183	228
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	33.9	23	1	83183	1025

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
AJES44_373-00017	21	20	21-20	Au	21164	Mineral Del Monte (Mineral Del Real Del Monte; Real Del Monte), Mineral Del Monte Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico	Real del Monte	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373
AJES44_373-00016	21	20	21-20	Au	2337	Pachuca De Soto (Pachuca), Pachuca Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico	Pachuca	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373
sedznpb-00324	33.9	23	Oligocene		2331	Zimapán, Zimapán Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico	Zimapan	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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