Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Sozoranga Canton, Loja Province, Ecuador

mindat Locality ID: 266009
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266009.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sozoranga Canton, Loja Province, Ecuador": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
El Empalme

Latitude: 4°8'59"S
Longitude: 79°51'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -4.1497222222222,-79.859444444444

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Andalusite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

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	1	49049	3419
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	49049	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	49049	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	49049	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	49049	3531
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	49049	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	49049	7437
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	49049	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	49049	12537
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	49049	492
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	49049	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	49049	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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