Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica

mindat Locality ID: 187362
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187362.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Guayabo
La Cruz
Loma Camastro
Los Angeles
Miramar
Nicoya Ophiolite Complex
Quebrada Grande
Rincón De La Vieja Volcano
Santa Elena Ultramafic Nappe
Tres Hermanos Mine

Latitude: 10°30'40"N
Longitude: 85°19'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 10.511111111111,-85.3175

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	Analcime	Auricupride	Braunite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite
Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Cubanite	Kaolinite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite
Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Thomsonite
Wurtzite

Analcime ()*	Awaruite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Brucite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cowlesite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Erlichmanite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hollandite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Laurite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Offretite ()*	Opal ()*	Osmium ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Samaniite ()*	Smythite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sugakiite ()*
Taenite ()*	Talc ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Violarite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Os Pb Ru S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Auricupride Braunite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Coronadite
Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Cubanite Kaolinite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite
Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Thomsonite
Wurtzite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	45812,45818	1627
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	45821	166
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	45821	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	45817	483
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	45821	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	45812,45818,45821	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	45821	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	45821	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	45821	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3	45811,45812,45821	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	45821	4165
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	2	45812,45818	84
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	2	45813,45814	453
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	45821	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	45821	2970
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	1	45821	110
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	45822	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	45816,45822	30554
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	45821	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	45822	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	45817	243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	45814	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	45812	1271
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	45821	226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	45821	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	2	45812,45818	425
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	1	45812	146
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	45813,45814	2994
Osmium ()*	None	Os	1	45821	169
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	45821	1512
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	1	45821	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	45821,45822	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	45817	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	45821	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	45813,45814,45817,45822	61156
Samaniite ()*	None	Cu₂Fe₅Ni₂S₈	1	45821	4
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	1	45821	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	45822	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	45822	3418
Sugakiite ()*	Pentlandite	Cu(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	1	45821	3
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	45821	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	45821	3337
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	2	45812,45818	452
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	45821	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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