Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 253020
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253020.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Birón, Santa Rosa Canton, El Oro Province, Ecuador": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tocadulomo Mine

Latitude: 3°32'34"S
Longitude: 79°59'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.5427777777778,-79.996944444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Gypsum	Melanterite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Fluorite Gypsum Melanterite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Plumosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	48998	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	48998	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	48998	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	48998	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	48998	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	48998	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	48998	6890
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	48998	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	48998	17380
Plumosite ()*	None	Pb₂Sb₂S₅	1	48998	18
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	48998	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	48998	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	48998	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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