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Locality Name:
Berlin Geothermal Field, Usulután Department, El Salvador

mindat Locality ID: 270998
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270998.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Berlin Geothermal Field, Usulután Department, El Salvador": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 13°31'30"N
Longitude: 88°30'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.525,-88.508888888889

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tridymite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Saponite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tridymite ()*
Vermiculite ()*	Wairakite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Analcime Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tridymite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	453
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	128
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	471
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	458
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	652
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	73

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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