Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 127132
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127132.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Caquipec Mine
Oxec Mine

Latitude: 15°28'0"N
Longitude: 89°56'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 15.466666666667,-89.933333333333

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Titanite	Valleriite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Valleriite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Titanite Valleriite

23 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	100	100	1	64524	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	100	100	1	64524	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	64523	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	100	100	1	64524	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	64523	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	100	100	1	64524	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	64523	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100	100	1	64524	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	100	100	1	64524	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	100	100	1	64524	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	64523	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	100	100	1	64524	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	64523	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	64523	1066
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	100	100	1	64524	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	100	100	1	64524	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	100	2	64523,64524	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	100	100	1	64524	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	1	64524	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	64523	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	64523	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	100	100	1	64524	4899
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	100	100	1	64524	237

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
	vms-00493	100	100	Cretaceous										S	17539	Oxec Mine, Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala	Oxec	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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