Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Caldas Department, Colombia

mindat Locality ID: 123439
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123439.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caldas Department, Colombia": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Loazia Hill
Manizales Municipality
Pacora Municipality
Salamina Municipality
Supía Municipality

Latitude: 5°18'22"N
Longitude: 75°25'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 5.3061111111111,-75.431944444444

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	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Diaphorite ()*	Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stephanite ()*	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 K 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 Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	4	45632,45633,45634,45640	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	45640	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	45640	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	45632,45638,45640,45641	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	45632,45640	27198
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	1	45645	126
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	45640	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	45645	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	45632,45633,45634,45635,45640,45642	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	45632,45640,45643,45645,45646	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	45640	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	45640	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	45640	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	45640	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	3	45638,45641,45645	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	11	45632,45633,45634,45635,45636,45638,45640,45641,45644,45645,45647	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	45640,45648	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	45632,45633,45634,45635,45636,45640,45641,45643,45645,45646,45647,45648	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	45632,45634,45635	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	45632,45633,45634,45635,45640,45641,45642,45644	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	2	45641,45645	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	45636	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	45641,45642	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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