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:
Imbabura Province, Ecuador

Oldest recorded age at locality: 8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5

mindat Locality ID: 132427
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132427.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Imbabura Province, Ecuador": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Junin Cu Deposit
Junin Project

Latitude: 0°18'15"N
Longitude: 78°37'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0.30416666666667,-78.623888888889

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Smectite-vermiculite

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Mica
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Smectite-vermiculite

16 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
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	8	5	1	49037	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	8	5	1	49037	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	5	1	49037	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	8	5	1	49037	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	8	5	1	49037	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	8	5	1	49037	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8	5	1	49037	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8	5	1	49037	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	8	5	1	49037	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	8	5	1	49037	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	8	5	1	49037	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	8	5	1	49037	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	8	5	1	49037	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	8	5	1	49037	247
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	8	5	1	49037	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	5	1	49037	39462

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-00491	8	5	8–5									Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Digenite, Epidote, Hematite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Paragonite, Pyrite	Cu	206850	Junin Cu Deposit, Imbabura Province, Ecuador	Junin	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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