Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fruta Del Norte Au-Ag Deposit, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador

mindat Locality ID: 209626
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209626.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fruta Del Norte Au-Ag Deposit, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 3°45'39"S
Longitude: 78°30'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.7608333333333,-78.506111111111

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Epidote	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Epidote ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Valentinite ()*

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 Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Epidote Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite
Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	312
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	234
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	255
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	969
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	179
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	369

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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