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:
Fenix Nickel Project (Eximbal Mine; El Estor Mine), El Estor Municipality, Izabal Department, Guatemala

mindat Locality ID: 127198
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127198.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fenix Nickel Project (Eximbal Mine; El Estor Mine), El Estor Municipality, Izabal Department, Guatemala": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 15°31'34"N
Longitude: 89°23'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 15.526111111111,-89.389722222222

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.

Clay	Diaspore	Kaolinite	None	Olivine	Quartz	Spinel	Talc	Zircon

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: Al Cr Fe H Mg O Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cr Fe H Mg O Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Diaspore Kaolinite None Olivine Quartz Spinel Talc Zircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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