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Locality Name:
Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras

Oldest recorded age at locality: 17
Youngest recorded age at locality: 17

mindat Locality ID: 126666
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126666.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Azacualpa
El Mochito Mine
Lake Yojoa

Latitude: 14°51'8"N
Longitude: 88°2'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.852222222222,-88.036388888889

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Nickeline	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite

Acanthite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bustamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Opal ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Nickeline None Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Tetrahedrite Wollastonite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	17	17	1	64838	2793
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	64839	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆			1	64839	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	64839	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	17	17	1	64838	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	17	17	1	64838	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	17	17	1	64838	9052
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	17	17	1	64838	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	17	17	1	64838	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	17	17	1	64838	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	17	17	1	64838	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	17	17	1	64838	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	17	17	1	64838	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	17	17	1	64838	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	17	17	1	64838	741
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	17	17	2	64838,64839	14899
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	64837	2994
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	17	17	1	64838	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	17	17	1	64838	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	17	17	1	64838	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	17	17	1	64838	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	17	17	2	64837,64838	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	17	17	1	64838	1711
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	64839	598
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	17	17	1	64838	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	17	17	1	64838	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	17	17	1	64838	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00217	17	17	17(?)											68448	El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras	El Mochito	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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