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Locality Name:
Putumayo Department, Colombia

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

mindat Locality ID: 123452
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123452.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Putumayo Department, Colombia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mocoa Municipality

Latitude: 1°14'30"N
Longitude: 76°40'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 1.2416666666667,-76.666666666667

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Prehnite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wollastonite

29 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	166	166	1	45736	3419
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	166	166	1	45736	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	166	166	1	45736	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	166	166	1	45736	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	166	166	1	45736	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	166	166	1	45736	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	166	166	1	45736	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	166	166	1	45736	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	166	166	1	45736	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	166	166	1	45736	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	166	166	1	45736	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	166	166	1	45736	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	166	166	1	45736	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	166	166	1	45736	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	166	166	1	45736	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	166	166	1	45736	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	166	166	1	45736	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	166	166	1	45736	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	166	166	1	45736	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	166	166	1	45736	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	166	166	1	45736	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	166	166	1	45736	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	166	166	1	45736	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	166	166	1	45736	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	166	166	1	45736	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	166	166	1	45736	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	166	166	1	45736	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	166	166	1	45736	5317
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	166	166	1	45736	1247

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-00226	166	166	166									Actinolite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Prehnite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	194773	Mocoa Cu-Mo Deposit, Mocoa Municipality, Putumayo Department, Colombia	Mocoa	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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