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:
Morazán Department, El Salvador

mindat Locality ID: 131945
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131945.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morazán Department, El Salvador": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Divisadero Mine
Monte Cristo Mine

Latitude: 13°36'0"N
Longitude: 88°3'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.6,-88.063888888889

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Jalpaite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jalpaite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Jalpaite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	49386	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	49386	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	49386	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	49386	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	49386	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	49386	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	49386	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	49385,49386	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	49386	14640
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	1	49386	116
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	49386	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	49386	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	49386	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	49386	332

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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