Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
San Bartolomé Silver Mine, Azuay Province, Ecuador

mindat Locality ID: 60110
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60110.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Bartolomé Silver Mine, Azuay Province, Ecuador": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 2°55'59"S
Longitude: 78°52'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -2.9330555555556,-78.866666666667

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Owyheeite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Owyheeite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As C Ca Cu Fe Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cu Fe Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Marcasite Nickeline None Owyheeite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	784
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	300
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	89
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	586
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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