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:
Raspas River, La Chilca, Santa Rosa Canton, El Oro Province, Ecuador

mindat Locality ID: 271035
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271035.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Raspas River, La Chilca, Santa Rosa Canton, El Oro Province, Ecuador": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 3°36'42"S
Longitude: 79°55'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.6116666666667,-79.929166666667

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite

Albite ()*	Barroisite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Epidote ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Au C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Titanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	49
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	376
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	286
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	229
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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