Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Canaan Deposit, Lepaguare District, Olancho Department, Honduras

mindat Locality ID: 303048
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303048.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canaan Deposit, Lepaguare District, Olancho Department, Honduras": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 14°33'0"N
Longitude: 86°28'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.55,-86.48

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Kaolinite	Leucophosphite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Alunite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Attakolite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Drugmanite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tinsleyite ()*

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 As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Kaolinite Leucophosphite Mica Nickeline None Perovskite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Attakolite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺Al₄(HSiO₄)(PO₄)₃(OH)₄	3
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	651
Drugmanite ()*	None	Pb₂Fe³⁺(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₂	4
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	770
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Tinsleyite ()*	Leucophosphite	KAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	9

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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