Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Santander Department, Colombia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 144
Youngest recorded age at locality: 144

mindat Locality ID: 123431
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123431.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santander Department, Colombia": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bucaramanga Municipality
California Municipality
North Soto Province
Suaita Municipality

Latitude: 7°12'39"N
Longitude: 72°54'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 7.2108333333333,-72.908611111111

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	Copper	Corundum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Alunite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dewindtite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Meta-autunite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Uranophane-β ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Kaolinite Marcasite Meta-autunite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Phosphuranylite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Tetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	144	144	1	45745	966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	45748	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	144	144	2	45745,45748	27198
Dewindtite ()*	Phosphuranylite	H₂Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₄(PO₄)₄·12H₂O			1	45751	82
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	45748	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	144	144	2	45745,45748	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	45748	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	144	144	1	45745	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	45748	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	45748	5674
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O			1	45751	388
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	45748	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	144	144	1	45745	17380
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	45751	144
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	144	144	2	45745,45748	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	144	144	1	45745	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	45748	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	45748,45751	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	45748	5186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	45748	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00594	144	144	144									Alunite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite	Cu	208332	California Cu-Au Deposit, California Municipality, Santander Department, Colombia	California	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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