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:
Sutsu Prospect, Pangui District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador

Oldest recorded age at locality: 158.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 152.8

mindat Locality ID: 209627
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209627.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sutsu Prospect, Pangui District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 3°17'49"S
Longitude: 78°28'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.2969444444444,-78.480277777778

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	155.4	154.4	27198
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	155.4	154.4	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	155.4	154.4	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	155.4	154.4	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	155.4	154.4	61156

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Mo-00443	153.8	152.8	153.3±0.5	Re-Os, U-Pb	molybdenite	PA020398, 249.5 m	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	206851	Panantza Prospect, Pangui District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador	Panantza	Chiaradia et al. (2009)	10.1007/s00126-008-0210-6	MD44_371
Mo-00450	158.4	157.2	157.8±0.6	Re-Os	molybdenite	SC091198, 144.80 m	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	209628	San Carlos Prospect, Pangui District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador	San Carlos	Chiaradia et al. (2009)	10.1007/s00126-008-0210-6	MD44_371
Mo-00451	157.6	156.4	157.0±0.6	Re-Os	molybdenite	SC091198, 144.80 m	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	209628	San Carlos Prospect, Pangui District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador	San Carlos	Chiaradia et al. (2009)	10.1007/s00126-008-0210-6	MD44_371
Mo-00449	155.4	154.4	154.9±0.5	Re-Os, U-Pb	molybdenite	Sutsu, surface sample		Molybdenite	Mo	209627	Sutsu Prospect, Pangui District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador	Sutsu	Chiaradia et al. (2009)	10.1007/s00126-008-0210-6	MD44_371

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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