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Locality Name:
El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras

Oldest recorded age at locality: 17
Youngest recorded age at locality: 17

mindat Locality ID: 68448
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68448.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 14°49'59"N
Longitude: 88°4'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.833055555556,-88.083055555556
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteGarnetNickeline
NonePolybasitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteWollastonite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bustamite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S171702793
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3171701534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)171703250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS171709052
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)217170101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1717027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21717027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)171708173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1717024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC171702812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3171701544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O617170741
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41717014899
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]17170716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3171701425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21717039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8171709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21717061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)171701711
Silver  (*)CopperAg171705186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1717021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13171705317


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00217171717(?)        68448El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, HondurasEl MochitoSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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