Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 245389
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245389.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zaruma, Zaruma Canton, El Oro Province, Ecuador": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bira
Miranda 1

Latitude: 3°41'3"S
Longitude: 79°36'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.6841666666667,-79.611666666667

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Kaolinite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K O P Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Fluorite Kaolinite
Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	49006	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	49006	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	49006	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	49006	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	49006	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	49006	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	49006	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	49006	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	49006	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49006	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	49006	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	49006	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	49007	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	49006	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	49006	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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