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:
Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala

mindat Locality ID: 127131
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127131.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Huehuetenango City
Ixtahuacan (Iztahuacan)
San Miguel
Villa Linda

Latitude: 15°24'59"N
Longitude: 91°41'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 15.416388888889,-91.691111111111

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Stibnite

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: As C Ca Fe H O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite None Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Stibnite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	64569	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	64569	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	64569	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	64566,64574	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	64566,64572,64574	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	64569	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	64569	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	64569	4894
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	64566	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	64566,64569	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	64569	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	64569	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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