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:
La Ciénaga, Barahona Province, Dominican Republic

mindat Locality ID: 284586
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284586.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Ciénaga, Barahona Province, Dominican Republic": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Beach Gravel

Latitude: 18°3'51"N
Longitude: 71°6'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.064166666667,-71.105555555556

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	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Natrolite	None	Pectolite	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

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 C Ca Fe H Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Natrolite None Pectolite Pyrite Quartz Spinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Pectolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	48647	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	48647	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	48647	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	48647	14899
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	48647	1236
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	48647	363
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	48647	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	48647	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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