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:
Tetela Del Oro, Tetela Del Oro Municipality, Puebla, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 283011
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283011.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tetela Del Oro, Tetela Del Oro Municipality, Puebla, Mexico": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Covadonga Mine

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.

None	Polybasite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 As C Ca Cu H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Polybasite Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Xonotlite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	83848	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	83848	24243
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	83848	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	83848	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	83848	1425
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	83848	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	83848	5317
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	1	83848	109

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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