Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tolima Department, Colombia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 166
Youngest recorded age at locality: 166

mindat Locality ID: 123432
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123432.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tolima Department, Colombia": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Alpujarra Municipality
Cajamarca Municipality
China River District
Ibagué Municipality
Libano Municipality
Mariquita Municipality
Santana District
Soledad District
Venadillo Municipality

Latitude: 3°45'27"N
Longitude: 75°4'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 3.7575,-75.074722222222

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.

Acanthite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	45779	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	166	166	1	45756	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	45758,45779	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	166	166	3	45756,45760,45779	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	166	166	2	45756,45773	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	45757	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	45759	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	166	166	1	45756	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			9	45763,45764,45770,45773,45777,45778,45779,45781,45783	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	45768,45780,45782	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	45779	2812
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	166	166	1	45756	14899
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			2	45763,45779	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	166	166	14	45756,45760,45762,45763,45764,45768,45769,45770,45773,45777,45778,45779,45780,45783	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			12	45762,45763,45764,45766,45767,45769,45770,45773,45777,45779,45780,45783	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	45779	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	45779	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			7	45763,45764,45770,45773,45777,45778,45779	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	45780	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	45760,45767	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-00676	166	166	166									Albite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Magnetite, Pyrite	Cu	228128	Dolores Prospect, Alpujarra Municipality, Tolima Department, Colombia	Dolores	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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