Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Daule Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador

mindat Locality ID: 246333
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246333.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Daule Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Km 46 Vía Daule
La Joya Neighborhood
Mining Concession Santa Rosa
Villa Italia

Latitude: 2°'55"S
Longitude: 79°56'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -2.0152777777778,-79.937222222222

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Actinolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Malachite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

17 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	2	49018,49020	3419
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	49017,49018,49019	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	49017,49019	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	49018	1025
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	49018	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	49017,49018,49019,49020	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	49017	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	49018,49019	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	49018	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	49018,49019	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	49019	12537
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	49018	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	49018,49019	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	49017,49019	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	49017	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	49017,49018,49019,49020	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	49017	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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