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:
Choluteca Department, Honduras

mindat Locality ID: 126653
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126653.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Choluteca Department, Honduras": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
El Corpus Deposits
Guajiniquil Property
San Judas Deposit

Latitude: 13°15'31"N
Longitude: 86°58'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.258611111111,-86.978055555556

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz

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 Au Cu Fe H K O S Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Marcasite Melonite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	64792	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	64791	361
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	64792	27198
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	64791	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	64791,64793	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	64791	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	64793	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	64792	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	64793	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	64791,64792,64793	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	64791,64793	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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