Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Chontales Department, Nicaragua

mindat Locality ID: 123315
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123315.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chontales Department, Nicaragua": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Libertad

Latitude: 12°14'20"N
Longitude: 85°11'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 12.238888888889,-85.196944444444

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Mica	Mordenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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 Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Mica Mordenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	88739	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	88739	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	88739	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	88739	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	88739	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	88739	1271
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	88739	229
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	88739	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	88739	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	88739	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	88739	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	88739	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	88739	21482
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	1	88739	73

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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