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Locality Name:
Colón Province, Panama

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36
Youngest recorded age at locality: 29

mindat Locality ID: 132473
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132473.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colón Province, Panama": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cerro Petaquilla Cu Deposit

Latitude: 8°49'58"N
Longitude: 80°40'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 8.8327777777778,-80.666666666667

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
TetrahedriteTitaniteWurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)36291955928803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS36291955929052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS436291955925516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S36291955925707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2362919559227198
Copper  (*)CopperCu36291955923846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS36291955924165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S33629195592802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O36291955922970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)36291955928173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS362919559224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)36291955927437
Gold  (*)CopperAu362919559230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3362919559214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O336291955925433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)436291955925591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4362919559214899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS236291955925800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2362919559217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2362919559239462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS362919559221482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1336291955925317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O36291955924899



1 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
PorphCu-00662362936–29      Albite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Ilmenite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, TitaniteCu228031Cerro Petaquilla Cu Deposit, Colón Province, PanamaPetaquilla-BotijaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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