Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Santa Elena Ultramafic Nappe, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica

mindat Locality ID: 246312
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246312.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Elena Ultramafic Nappe, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 10°0'28"N
Longitude: 85°28'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 10.007777777778,-85.470833333333

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.

Auricupride	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Cubanite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Spinel	Talc	Wurtzite

Awaruite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Laurite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Osmium ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Samaniite ()*	Smythite ()*	Sugakiite ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*
Violarite ()*

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: C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Os Ru S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Os Ru S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Cubanite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Spinel Talc Wurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	166
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	110
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	205
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Osmium ()*	None	Os	169
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Samaniite ()*	None	Cu₂Fe₅Ni₂S₈	4
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	77
Sugakiite ()*	Pentlandite	Cu(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	3
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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