Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Barahona Province, Dominican Republic

mindat Locality ID: 43550
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43550.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barahona Province, Dominican Republic": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
La Ciénaga
Las Salinas Mine
Paraiso
Sierra De Baoruco

Latitude: 18°6'29"N
Longitude: 71°11'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.108055555556,-71.186388888889

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	Epidote	Gypsum	Malachite	Natrolite
None	Olivine	Pectolite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc

Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*
Forsterite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Talc ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Gypsum Malachite Natrolite
None Olivine Pectolite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	48647,48650,48653	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	48653	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	48653	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	48653	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	48647,48650	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	48653	1188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	48648	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	48648	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	48647,48653	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	48647,48653	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	48653	12537
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	48647,48653	1236
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	2	48647,48653	363
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	48647	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	48647,48650,48653	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	48653	3337
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	48653	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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