Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Bongara Project, Bongará Province, Amazonas, Peru

mindat Locality ID: 194924
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194924.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bongara Project, Bongará Province, Amazonas, Peru": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bongarita Prospect
Cristal Prospect
Florida Canyon Prospect
Mina Chica
Mina Grande Prospect

Latitude: 5°42'15"S
Longitude: 77°58'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -5.7041666666667,-77.971666666667

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.

Calcite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

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: C Ca Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Wurtzite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zincite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	95883	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	95882,95883	1689
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	95882,95883	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	1	95882	98

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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