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Yaxcopoil-1 borehole, Chicxulub impact structure, Puerto Chicxulub, northwest coastline of the Yucatán peninsula, Yucatán, Mexicoi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Yaxcopoil-1 borehole | Borehole |
| Chicxulub impact structure | Impact Structure |
| Puerto Chicxulub | - not defined - |
| northwest coastline of the Yucatán peninsula | Coast |
| Yucatán | State |
| Mexico | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
21° North , 89° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~1km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Hydrothermal system generated by the impact, 30 meters above the impact melt.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Albite Formula: Na(AlSi3O8) Description: After plagioclase.
HT regime. |
| ⓘ Anatase Formula: TiO2 Description: Stringers.
Post-hydrothermal ambient-T diagenesis or ocean and/or meteoritic water circulation. |
| ⓘ 'Apatite' Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) Description: HT regime. |
| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 Description: In vugs.
Post-hydrothermal ambient-T diagenesis or ocean and/or meteoritic water circulation. |
| ⓘ Bornite Formula: Cu5FeS4 Description: HT regime. |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Description: Early, low-T saline brine.
Also present during HT regime.
Low-T late regime. |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Description: In vugs.
Post-hydrothermal ambient-T diagenesis or ocean and/or meteoritic water circulation. |
| ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' Description: Low-T late regime. |
| ⓘ 'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series' Description: After primary augite.
HT regime. |
| ⓘ Fluorapatite Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F Description: After apatite.
Post-hydrothermal ambient-T diagenesis or ocean and/or meteoritic water circulation. |
| ⓘ Fluorapatite var. Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite Formula: Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(F,O) Description: After apatite.
Post-hydrothermal ambient-T diagenesis or ocean and/or meteoritic water circulation. |
| ⓘ Gaylussite Formula: Na2Ca(CO3)2 · 5H2O Description: Early, low-T saline brine. |
| ⓘ Halite Formula: NaCl Description: Early, low-T saline brine.
Recrystallized, during post-hydrothermal ambient-T diagenesis or ocean and/or meteoritic water circulation. |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' Description: Weathering before Tertiary marine cover deposition. |
| ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 Description: HT regime. |
| ⓘ Orthoclase Formula: K(AlSi3O8) Description: After plagioclase.
HT regime. |
| ⓘ 'Smectite Group' Formula: A0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O Description: Low-T late regime.
After primary glass. |
| ⓘ Titanite Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O Description: HT regime. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Bornite | 2.BA.15 | Cu5FeS4 |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Halite | 3.AA.20 | NaCl |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Anatase | 4.DD.05 | TiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Gaylussite | 5.CB.35 | Na2Ca(CO3)2 · 5H2O |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorapatite var. Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite | 8.BN.05 | Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(F,O) |
| ⓘ | 8.BN.05 | Ca5(PO4)3F | |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Titanite | 9.AG.15 | CaTi(SiO4)O |
| ⓘ | Orthoclase | 9.FA.30 | K(AlSi3O8) |
| ⓘ | Albite | 9.FA.35 | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Smectite Group' | - | A0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O |
| ⓘ | 'Apatite' | - | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Maya TerranePassive Margin
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