Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Sphalerite at Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 201Ma - 33.9Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
vms-00464	201	100				215195	Macuchi Deposit, Macuchi, Pujilí Canton, Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00463	145	33.9				60100	La Plata Mine, Pichincha Province, Ecuador	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
vms-00464	201	100				215195	Macuchi Deposit, Macuchi, Pujilí Canton, Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Locality age (remote)

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
vms-00463	145	33.9				60100	La Plata Mine, Pichincha Province, Ecuador	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034