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:
Siuna, Región Autónoma Del Atlántico Norte (Zelaya Norte Department), Nicaragua

mindat Locality ID: 146950
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146950.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Siuna, Región Autónoma Del Atlántico Norte (Zelaya Norte Department), Nicaragua": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cafio La Calera
La Luz Mine (Luz Mine)
Las Minitas
Rosita Mine
Siuna Mine
Unnamed Cu-Zn Prospect [1]

Latitude: 13°14'53"N
Longitude: 84°49'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.248055555556,-84.828888888889

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Garnet	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cr Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Garnet Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel

20 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	0		3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	88779	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	88775,88779	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	88776,88780	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	0		3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		951
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	88776	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	88775,88776,88778,88779	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	88776,88777,88778,88779	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	88779	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	88776	14640
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	88777	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	88776,88779,88780	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	88780	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	88775,88777	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	88780	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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