Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Olancho Department, Honduras

mindat Locality ID: 126665
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126665.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Olancho Department, Honduras": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lepaguare District
Río Jalan Placers

Latitude: 14°39'41"N
Longitude: 86°25'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.661388888889,-86.424166666667

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	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Kaolinite	Leucophosphite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur
Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Alunite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Attakolite ()*
Augite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Dickite ()*	Dravite ()*	Drugmanite ()*	Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iridium ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tinsleyite ()*	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: Ag Al As Au B Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Na O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	64832	966
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	64833	1534
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	64832	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	64831,64832	9052
Attakolite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺Al₄(HSiO₄)(PO₄)₃(OH)₄	1	64832	3
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	64833	2060
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	64831,64832	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	64832	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	64832	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	64831,64832	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	64831,64832	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	64832	1756
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	64832	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	64831,64832	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	64832	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	64832	651
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	64833	648
Drugmanite ()*	None	Pb₂Fe³⁺(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₂	1	64832	4
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	64833	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	2	64831,64832	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	64832	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	64831,64832	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	64831,64832,64833,64834	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	64832	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	64832,64833	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	64831,64832,64833,64834	5433
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	1	64831	162
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	64832	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	64831,64832,64833	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2	64831,64832	770
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	64832	17380
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	2	64831,64832	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	64831,64832	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	64832	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	64832	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	64831,64832,64833	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4	64831,64832,64833,64834	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	64833	2705
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	64831,64832	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	2	64831,64832	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	64831,64832	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	64831	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	64831,64832	5317
Tinsleyite ()*	Leucophosphite	KAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	1	64832	9
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	64833,64834	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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