Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
San Agustin, Copán Department, Honduras

mindat Locality ID: 279092
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279092.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Agustin, Copán Department, Honduras": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
El Quetzal Mine (Quetzel Mine; Mina El Quetzal)

Latitude: 14°46'59"N
Longitude: 88°58'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.783055555556,-88.966666666667

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	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Stibnite

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: As C Ca Fe Mg O S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Stibnite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Graphite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	64800	9052
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	64800	9895
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	64800	2812
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	64800	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	64800	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	64800	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	64800	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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