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:
El Salvador

mindat Locality ID: 24028
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24028.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Salvador": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Ahuachapán Department
Cabañas Department
Chalatenango Department
Cuscatlán Department
La Libertad Department
La Paz Department
La Unión Department
Morazán Department
San Miguel Department
San Salvador Department
San Vicente Department
Santa Ana Department
Sonsonate Department
Usulután Department

Latitude: 13°38'43"N
Longitude: 88°31'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.645277777778,-88.531111111111

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Epidote	Euchlorine	Feldspar	Howardevansite	Jalpaite
Kaolinite	Lyonsite	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tridymite	Zinkosite

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Analcime Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Epidote Euchlorine Feldspar Howardevansite Jalpaite
Kaolinite Lyonsite Melonite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tridymite Zinkosite

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Bannermanite ()*	Blossite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcocyanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Epidote ()*	Euchlorine ()*	Fingerite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Howardevansite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Lyonsite ()*	Mcbirneyite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rickardite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Saponite ()*	Shcherbinaite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stoiberite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thénardite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tridymite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Wairakite ()*	Ziesite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	49386,49394	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	49394	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	49392,49394	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	49394	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	49394	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	49392	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	49386	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	49392	2060
Bannermanite ()*	None	(Na,K)_xV⁴⁺_xV⁵⁺_6-xO₁₅ (0.5<x<0.9)	1	49392	4
Blossite ()*	None	Cu₂V⁵⁺₂O₇	1	49392	1
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	49394	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	49383	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	49386,49394	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	49392	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	49386	5707
Chalcocyanite ()*	Zinkosite	Cu(SO₄)	1	49392	15
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	49386,49394	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	49394	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	49386,49394	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	49394	453
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	49394	8173
Euchlorine ()*	Euchlorine	KNaCu₃O(SO₄)₃	1	49392	8
Fingerite ()*	None	Cu₁₁O₂(VO₄)₆	1	49392	1
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	49386,49394	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	49385,49386,49394	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	49386,49394	14640
Howardevansite ()*	Howardevansite	NaCu²⁺Fe³⁺₂(VO₄)₃	1	49392	1
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	1	49386	116
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	49394	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	49394	1271
Lyonsite ()*	Lyonsite	Cu²⁺₃Fe³⁺₄(VO₄)₆	1	49392	3
Mcbirneyite ()*	None	Cu₃(VO₄)₂	1	49392	2
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	49394	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49394	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	49394	128
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	49394	471
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49394	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	49383,49386,49394	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	49394	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	49386,49394	61156
Rickardite ()*	None	Cu_3-xTe₂	1	49383	52
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	49394	301
Shcherbinaite ()*	None	V₂O₅	1	49392	7
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	49386,49394	21482
Stoiberite ()*	None	Cu₅O₂(VO₄)₂	1	49392	2
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	49386	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	49394	5317
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	49392	299
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	49394	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	49394	458
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	49394	652
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	1	49394	73
Ziesite ()*	None	Cu₂V⁵⁺₂O₇	1	49392	1

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070614	Izalco Volcano, Sonsonate Department, El Salvador	https://rruff.info/R070614
R070482	Izalco Volcano, Sonsonate Department, El Salvador	https://rruff.info/R070482

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