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Locality Name:
Pascuales, Guayaquil, Guayaquil Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador


mindat Locality ID: 246774
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246774.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pascuales, Guayaquil, Guayaquil Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Barium Point
La Germania

Latitude: 2°3'18"S
Longitude: 79°57'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -2.055,-79.964166666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMelanteriteNone
Not in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzSphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1490308803
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1490301036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1490309052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14902811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)249028,4903027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214903027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61490304135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1490308173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314903014640
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1490301271
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O149030915
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21490301898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214903039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2249028,4903061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1490306417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14903021482



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