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:
Valle Del Cauca Department, Colombia

mindat Locality ID: 123457
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123457.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valle Del Cauca Department, Colombia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cali
El Cerrito Municipality

Latitude: 3°34'12"N
Longitude: 76°17'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 3.57,-76.286944444444

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Iron	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Spinel

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 Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Na Ni O Ru S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Na O Ru S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Iron None Pyrite Quartz
Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*
Gold ()*	Iron ()*	Laurite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	45786	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	45786	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	45788	30554
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	45786	1089
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	0		226
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	45786	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	45786	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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