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Locality Name:
Santa Rosa Canton, El Oro Province, Ecuador


mindat Locality ID: 253019
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253019.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Rosa Canton, El Oro Province, Ecuador": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Birón
La Chilca

Latitude: 3°34'38"S
Longitude: 79°57'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.5772222222222,-79.963055555556
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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGypsumMelanteriteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteTitanite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Barroisite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chloritoid  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Glaucophane  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Plumosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1490008803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1489989052
Barroisite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg3Al2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)214900049
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)248998,4900027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214899827198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2149000376
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1490001025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1490008173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21489989617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14899824243
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2149000286
Gold  (*)CopperAu248998,4900030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1490002812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1489986890
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41490001507
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O148998915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2248998,4900017380
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6149000229
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2149000247
Plumosite  (*)NonePb2Sb2S514899818
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2248998,4900039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2248998,4900061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21490005614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14899821482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1490004899
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1490001025


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