Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Boyacá Department, Colombia

mindat Locality ID: 14314
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14314.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boyacá Department, Colombia": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Guavió-Guatéque Mining District
Pauna Municipality
Paz De Río Municipality
Santa Rosa De Viterbo Municipality
Vasquez-Yacopí Mining District

Latitude: 5°14'19"N
Longitude: 73°45'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 5.2386111111111,-73.752777777778

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Apatite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Parisite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sulphur

Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Euclase ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*

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: Al Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Apatite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore
Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica None Parisite Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rocksalt Sulphur

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	45597,45603,45615,45617,45619	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	2	45597,45615	470
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	45597,45615	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	45615,45617,45628	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	19	45597,45598,45599,45601,45610,45611,45612,45613,45614,45615,45616,45617,45618,45619,45620,45621,45623,45626,45628	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	13	45597,45598,45599,45601,45611,45615,45616,45617,45619,45620,45623,45626,45628	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	45615	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	11	45597,45598,45599,45601,45615,45616,45617,45619,45620,45623,45626	9895
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	2	45597,45603	120
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	45603	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	12	45597,45598,45599,45601,45615,45616,45617,45619,45620,45623,45626,45628	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	45597	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	45615	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	45619	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	45597	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	45597	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	45615	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	45597,45615	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	45597	2994
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	2	45615,45619	112
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	45597,45611,45615,45617,45619,45628	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	45615	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	45597,45598,45599,45601,45615,45616,45617,45619,45620,45623,45626,45628	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	45615	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050308	Muzo Mine, Muzo Municipality, Vasquez-Yacopí Mining District, Boyacá Department, Colombia	https://rruff.info/R050308

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