Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica

mindat Locality ID: 187366
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187366.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Beta Vargas Prospect
Santa Clara Mine (Macacona Mine)

Latitude: 10°5'30"N
Longitude: 84°45'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 10.091666666667,-84.7575

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.

Arsenic	Arsenolite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Marcasite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile

Arsenic ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pararealgar ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*

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: As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenolite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Marcasite None Pyrite
Quartz Rutile

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	45832	379
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	1	45832	231
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	45832	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	45832	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	45832	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	45831	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	45832	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	45831	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	45832	5674
Pararealgar ()*	None	As₄S₄	1	45832	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	45831,45832	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	45832	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	45832	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	45832	712

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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