Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Portovelo, Portovelo Canton, El Oro Province, Ecuador

mindat Locality ID: 270433
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270433.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mining Concession Barbasco 1A

Latitude: 3°42'25"S
Longitude: 79°36'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.7069444444444,-79.606944444444

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Cu Fe H K O S Si Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Kaolinite Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	48994	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	48994	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	48994	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	48994	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	48994	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	48994	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	0		409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	48994	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	48994	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	48994	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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