Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
León Department, Nicaragua

mindat Locality ID: 49582
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49582.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "León Department, Nicaragua": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Cerro Negro Volcano
El Limon Mine
El Sauce
La Cruz De La India
Larreynaga-Malpaisillo
Léon
Momotombo Volcano
Telica Volcano

Latitude: 12°41'47"N
Longitude: 86°36'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 12.696388888889,-86.606111111111

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Atacamite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fleischerite	Gismondine	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Khademite
Kieserite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tridymite

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Se Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Atacamite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cristobalite
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fleischerite Gismondine Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite Kaolinite Khademite
Kieserite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Sulphur Tridymite

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aerinite ()*	Albite ()*	Alpersite ()*
Altaite ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*
Brushite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Despujolsite ()*
Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gobbinsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Khademite ()*
Kieserite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mendozite ()*	Mereiterite ()*	Mesolite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Paratacamite ()*	Petedunnite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	Selenium ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Szomolnokite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Vermiculite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	88750	2793
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	88755	1022
Aerinite ()*	Not in a structural group	(Ca,Na)₆(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺,Mg,Al)₄(Al,Mg)₆Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·12H₂O	1	88758	22
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	88755,88757	8803
Alpersite ()*	Melanterite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	2	88748,88756	10
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	88750	489
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	88748	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	2	88746,88758	272
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	88757	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	88755,88757	2060
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	88749	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	88746,88749	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	88750	27198
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	4	88746,88755,88757,88758	453
Despujolsite ()*	Fleischerite	Ca₃Mn⁴⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	88758	10
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	88758	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	88757	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	88748,88756	8173
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	2	88746,88758	107
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	88750	24243
Gobbinsite ()*	Gismondine	Na₅(Si₁₁Al₅)O₃₂·11H₂O	1	88758	17
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	88748,88755,88756	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	88750	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	7	88746,88748,88749,88755,88756,88757,88758	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	88755	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	88746,88750,88755,88757	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	88746	251
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	88746,88757	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	88755,88757,88758	5591
Khademite ()*	Khademite	Al(SO₄)F·5H₂O	1	88758	15
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	1	88746	80
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	2	88748,88756	915
Mendozite ()*	None	NaAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	2	88748,88756	28
Mereiterite ()*	None	K₂Fe²⁺(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	88746	2
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	88752	425
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	88750	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	4	88746,88755,88757,88758	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	88746,88757,88758	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	88746,88756,88757	128
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	88755	471
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	88747	158
Petedunnite ()*	Pyroxene	CaZnSi₂O₆	1	88757	5
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	4	88746,88748,88756,88758	265
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	88750	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	88750,88758	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	88757	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	88752	390
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	1	88746	143
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	88750	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	3	88746,88755,88757	2045
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	1	88746	139
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	88747	1101
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	88755	458
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	88758	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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