Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zaruma Canton, El Oro Province, Ecuador

mindat Locality ID: 240580
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240580.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zaruma Canton, El Oro Province, Ecuador": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Portovelo Mine (Porto Velo Mine)
Veta Gobernadora
Zaruma
Zaruma Deposit

Latitude: 3°40'3"S
Longitude: 79°36'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.6675,-79.605

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Marcasite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nagyágite ()*	Petzite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Safflorite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Epidote Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Löllingite Marcasite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	49002,49008	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	49008	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	49008	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	49002	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	49002,49008	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	49002,49006	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	49008	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	49002,49006,49008	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	49002	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	49002	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	49002,49006,49008	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	49002	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	49006,49008	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	49002,49006,49008	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	49008	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	49002,49006,49008	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	49002,49006,49008	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	49002,49008	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	49006,49008	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	49008	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	49006	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	49008	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	49002	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	49008	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	49006,49008	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	1	49008	67
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	2	49006,49008	409
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	49008	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	49002,49006,49008	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	49004,49007	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	49002	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	49002,49006,49008	61156
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	49008	317
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	49002,49006,49008	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	49008	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	49008	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	49008	5317
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	49008	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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