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Locality Name:
Lepaguare District, Olancho Department, Honduras


mindat Locality ID: 303047
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303047.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lepaguare District, Olancho Department, Honduras": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Canaan Deposit
Murcielago Placer Deposit

Latitude: 14°45'59"N
Longitude: 86°36'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.766388888889,-86.606388888889

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au B Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Na O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ir S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovellite
DiasporeEpidoteGarnetKaoliniteLeucophosphiteMicaNickelineNonePerovskitePyrite
PyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphur
TetrahedriteTourmalineZircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Attakolite  (*)
Augite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diaspore  (*)
Dickite  (*)Dravite  (*)Drugmanite  (*)Epidote  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Iridium  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tinsleyite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6164832966
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31648331534
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs164832379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1648329052
Attakolite  (*)NoneCaMn2+Al4(HSiO4)(PO4)3(OH)41648323
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61648332060
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1648321966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31648321935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41648325516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1648325707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216483227198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81648321756
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16164832227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1648324165
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)164832481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4164832651
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)164833648
Drugmanite  (*)NonePb2Fe3+(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)21648324
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1648338173
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12164832663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16483224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1648327437
Gold  (*)CopperAu264832,6483330554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1648322812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3264832,6483314640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3264832,648335433
Iridium  (*)CopperIr0162
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41648325591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4264832,6483314899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)164832770
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216483217380
Platinum  (*)CopperPt164832485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216483239462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2164832771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81648329056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2264832,6483361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2264832,648335614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1648332705
Silver  (*)CopperAg1648325186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3164832531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16483221482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131648325317
Tinsleyite  (*)LeucophosphiteKAl2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O1648329
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1648335251



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