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Locality Name:
Zaruma Deposit, Zaruma Canton, El Oro Province, Ecuador


mindat Locality ID: 240579
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240579.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zaruma Deposit, Zaruma Canton, El Oro Province, Ecuador": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 3°40'38"S
Longitude: 79°36'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.6772222222222,-79.615
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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
EpidoteFluoriteGarnetGypsumLöllingiteMicaMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteTetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Safflorite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)3067
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe20409
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs20317
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S0510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025


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