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Locality Name:
Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 131963
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131963.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pujilí Canton

Latitude: 0°-53'-11"N
Longitude: 78°58'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -0.88638888888889,-78.971944444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDigeniteMicaNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)20110014897911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS420133.9248979,489805516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220133.9348979,48980,4898127198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS20133.91489804165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S20133.91489801027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS20110014897924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu20110014897930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O320110014898114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32011001489815433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O420110014898114899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)220133.914898017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220133.9248979,4898039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220133.9248980,4898161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS20133.9248979,4898021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1320133.91489801803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132011001489795317


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-00464201100Jurassic-Early Cretaceous        215195Macuchi Deposit, Macuchi, Pujilí Canton, Cotopaxi Province, EcuadorMacuchiMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0046314533.9Cretaceous or Paleocene-Eocene     Yes  60100La Plata Mine, Pichincha Province, EcuadorLa PlataMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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