Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador

mindat Locality ID: 131958
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131958.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Santiago River Placers

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Auricupride	Bowieite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Spinel

Bowieite ()*	Braggite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cooperite ()*
Cuprorhodsite ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hongshiite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Laurite ()*	Osmium ()*	Platinum ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sperrylite ()*

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 Au Cr Cu Fe O Os Pt Rh Ru S Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Bowieite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Nickeline None Perovskite Pyrite Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bowieite ()*	Bowieite	Rh₂S₃	1	49010	33
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	1	49010	101
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	49010	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	49010	3902
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	1	49010	124
Cuprorhodsite ()*	Spinel	(Cu¹⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)Rh³⁺₂S₄	1	49010	34
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	1	49010	110
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	49010	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	49010	14640
Hongshiite ()*	None	PtCu	1	49010	27
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	49010	5433
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	1	49010	128
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	49010	226
Osmium ()*	None	Os	1	49010	169
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	49010	485
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	49010	9056
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	49010	337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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