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:
Loma Larga, Piñas Canton, El Oro Province, Ecuador

mindat Locality ID: 245412
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245412.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Loma Larga, Piñas Canton, El Oro Province, Ecuador": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ecuaba Antimony Deposit

Latitude: 3°33'59"S
Longitude: 79°50'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.5663888888889,-79.849722222222

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.

Covellite	None	Pyrite	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

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: Cu Fe O S Sb Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Covellite None Pyrite Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Cassiterite ()*	Covellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	48991	5171
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	48991	4165
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	48991	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	48991	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	48991	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	48991	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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