Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pichincha Province, Ecuador

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 131961
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131961.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pichincha Province, Ecuador": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
El Patiño Deposit
La Plata Mine
Quito Canton

Latitude: 0°-18'-8"N
Longitude: 78°43'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -0.30222222222222,-78.722222222222

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tridymite

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tridymite ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Mica
None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Tridymite

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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	145	33.9	1	49065	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	145	33.9	1	49065	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	33.9	2	49064,49065	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	33.9	1	49065	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	33.9	2	49064,49065	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	145	33.9	2	49064,49065	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	145	33.9	2	49064,49065	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	33.9	1	49065	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	33.9	1	49065	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	33.9	1	49065	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	33.9	2	49065,49070	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	145	33.9	1	49065	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	49070	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	33.9	2	49064,49065	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	33.9	1	49065	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	33.9	2	49064,49065	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	33.9	2	49064,49065	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	33.9	2	49064,49065	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	145	33.9	2	49064,49065	1803
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂			1	49070	458

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
	vms-00463	145	33.9	Cretaceous or Paleocene-Eocene											60100	La Plata Mine, Pichincha Province, Ecuador	La Plata	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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