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Locality Name:
Tegucigalpa, Distrito Central, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras


mindat Locality ID: 209259
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209259.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tegucigalpa, Distrito Central, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ojojona
Rosario Mine
Sabana Grande (Sabanagrande)

Latitude: 14°5'45"N
Longitude: 87°5'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.095833333333,-87.094166666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Au Ba Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteCopperMandarinoiteNonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksalt
Sphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Emmonsite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Mandarinoite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Poughite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Tellurium  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1648132793
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16481211547
Emmonsite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)3·2H2O16481234
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16481324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu16481330554
Mandarinoite  (*)MandarinoiteFe3+2(Se4+O3)3·6H2O16481214
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]164814716
Poughite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)·3H2O16481212
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31648131425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216481339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2264812,6481361156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)164813969
Silver  (*)CopperAg1648135186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16481321482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4264813,64814586
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe164812190



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