Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mineral De Puerto De Nieto (Puerto De Nieto; Puerto Nieto), San Miguel De Allende Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 27627
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27627.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral De Puerto De Nieto (Puerto De Nieto; Puerto Nieto), San Miguel De Allende Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Argentina Mine
Guadalupe Mine
San Antonio Mine

Latitude: 20°52'59"N
Longitude: 100°31'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.883055555556,-100.53305555556

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Epsomite	Malachite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt

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: C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Epsomite Malachite Melanterite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rocksalt

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Goslarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	82850	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	82850,82851,82852	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	82850	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	82850	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	82850	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	82850,82851,82852	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	82850	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	82850	7437
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	82850	188
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	82850	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	82850	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	82850	39462

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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