Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Guayas Province, Ecuador

mindat Locality ID: 132426
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132426.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guayas Province, Ecuador": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Daule Canton
Guayaquil Canton
Isidro Ayora Canton

Latitude: 2°'6"S
Longitude: 80°'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -2.0016666666667,-80.013611111111

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Heulandite	Malachite	Melanterite	Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum
Covellite Epidote Feldspar Heulandite Malachite Melanterite Mordenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# 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	4	49018,49020,49023,49024	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	49024,49030	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	49022	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	49030	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	49033	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	49023,49025,49030	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	49028	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	49017,49018,49019,49023,49025,49026,49028,49030,49032,49033	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	49023,49025	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	49017,49019,49023,49025,49030	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	49018	1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	49023,49025	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	49030	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	49018	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8	49017,49018,49019,49020,49023,49024,49025,49030	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	49017,49023,49025	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	49018,49019,49023,49024,49025,49030	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	2	49022,49035	246
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	49018	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	7	49018,49019,49022,49023,49025,49030,49035	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	49019,49023,49025	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	49030	915
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	2	49022,49035	405
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	49026	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	49018,49024,49025	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	49018,49019,49030	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	49017,49019,49023,49025,49030	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	49017	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	49017,49018,49019,49020,49023,49024,49025,49028,49030,49032,49033	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	49030	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	49017,49023,49025,49030	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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