Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Los Santos Province, Panama

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65
Youngest recorded age at locality: 53

mindat Locality ID: 132480
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132480.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Los Santos Province, Panama": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
La Mesita Deposit
La Pava Deposit
Quema Deposit
Quemita Deposit

Latitude: 7°34'0"N
Longitude: 80°32'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 7.5666666666667,-80.535833333333

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Enargite	Kaolinite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dickite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Enargite Kaolinite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Wurtzite

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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	65	53	1	95602	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	65	53	1	95602	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	65	53	1	95602	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65	53	1	95602	27198
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	65	53	2	95601,95602	651
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	65	53	1	95602	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	65	53	1	95602	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	65	53	1	95602	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	65	53	2	95601,95602	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	65	53	1	95602	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	65	53	2	95601,95602	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	65	53	1	95602	1271
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	65	53	2	95601,95602	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	65	53	1	95602	128
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65	53	2	95601,95602	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	65	53	1	95602	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	65	53	1	95602	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	65	53	1	95602	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	65	53	1	95602	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	65	53	1	95602	21482

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-00590	65	53	65–53									Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Pyrite	Cu	208286	Quema Deposit, Los Santos Province, Panama	Cerro Quema	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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