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:
Cerro Colorado, Guayaquil, Guayaquil Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador

mindat Locality ID: 246130
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246130.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Colorado, Guayaquil, Guayaquil Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Luzagui Quarry
Perimetral Road Threshold

Latitude: 2°4'18"S
Longitude: 79°54'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -2.0716666666667,-79.910555555556

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	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: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Malachite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	49024	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	49024	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	49025	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	49025	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	49025	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	49025	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	49025	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	49024,49025	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	49025	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	49024,49025	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	49025	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	49025	12537
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	49024,49025	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	49025	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	49024,49025	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	49025	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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