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Locality Name:
Colombia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 299
Youngest recorded age at locality: 17

mindat Locality ID: 14315
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14315.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colombia": 257
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 162

Number of Child Localities: 33
Child Localities:
Amazonas Department
Antioquia Department
Arauca Department
Atlántico Department
Bogotá District
Bolívar Department
Boyacá Department
Caldas Department
Caquetá Department
Casanare Department
Cauca Department
Cesar Department
Chocó Department
Córdoba Department
Cundinamarca Department
Guainía Department
Guaviare Department
Huila Department
La Guajira Department
Magdalena Department
Meta Department
Nariño Department
Norte De Santander Department
Putumayo Department
Quindío Department
Risaralda Department
San Andrés Y Providencia Department
Santander Department
Sucre Department
Tolima Department
Valle Del Cauca Department
Vaupés Department
Vichada Department

Latitude: 5°2'14"N
Longitude: 75°39'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 5.0372222222222,-75.663055555556

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg Ir K Mg Mo Na Nb Ni O Os P Pb Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAuricuprideBaryte
BerylBournoniteBowieiteCalciteCancriniteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
ColumbiteCopperCorrensiteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GarnetGypsumIronKaoliniteKornerupineMalachiteMarcasiteMeta-autuniteMicaMolybdenite
MonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOwyheeiteParisitePerovskitePhosphosideritePhosphuranylite
PotaritePrehnitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSepiolite
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTridymiteWollastoniteWurtzite
Zircon

130 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)
Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Anthophyllite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Bowieite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Cooperite  (*)Copper  (*)Corundum  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprorhodsite  (*)Dewindtite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)Euclase  (*)
Ferberite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iridium  (*)Iron  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)
Jadeite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kermesite  (*)
Kornerupine  (*)Kyanite  (*)Laurite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metavariscite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Omphacite  (*)Opal  (*)Osmium  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Paragonite  (*)
Uranophane-β  (*)Pargasite  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)
Phosphuranylite  (*)Platinum  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rectorite  (*)
Rhodium  (*)Rutheniridosmine  (*)Ruthenium  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sorosite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stistaite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Taenite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tin  (*)Titanite  (*)
Troilite  (*)Tulameenite  (*)Variscite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S845549,45632,45633,45634,45640,45717,45725,457792793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2166166245710,457363419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)166481145597,45603,45615,45617,45619,45640,45667,45710,45756,45784,457908803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O245597,45615470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3345572,45658,457102353
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6144144145745966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O145591272
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31457901534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1661661457361588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2245597,456153092
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2145658718
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)345584,45586,457253250
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2145790295
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1545539,45540,45541,45542,45546,45584,45585,45586,45640,45716,45717,45719,45753,45758,457799052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61456582060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21457255509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)166166445615,45617,45628,4573611547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182345594,45597,45598,45599,45601,45610,45611,45612,45613,45614,45615,45616,45617,45618,45619,45620,45621,45623,45626,45628,45686,45687,456894286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4299166345555,45736,457485516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11245584,45586843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3245584,455861089
Bowieite  (*)BowieiteRh2S314566933
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)166173645548,45550,45554,45557,45558,45563,45581,45583,45584,45597,45598,45599,45601,45611,45615,45616,45617,45619,45620,45623,45626,45628,45632,45638,45640,45641,45660,45667,45685,45710,45736,45756,45760,45779,45784,4579027770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O145790232
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O166166145736925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S299166245555,457365707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2299172145546,45550,45554,45555,45557,45580,45584,45586,45615,45632,45640,45660,45667,45716,45717,45725,45736,45745,45748,45756,4577327198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8145681577
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4345655,45669,457863902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS245737,457572600
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1457101025
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6145572518
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS145669124
Copper  (*)CopperCu345554,45759,457863846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3245657,456581797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1661661457364165
Cuprorhodsite  (*)Spinel(Cu1+0.5Fe3+0.5)Rh3+2S414566934
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O14575182
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8245586,45645126
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6166166245592,457364135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21645580,45581,45582,45583,45584,45597,45598,45599,45601,45615,45616,45617,45619,45620,45623,456269895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4145725910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)166171045557,45640,45651,45660,45667,45710,45736,45756,45784,457908173
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS2245655,45669110
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)345597,45603,45686120
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)145572551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F345603,45658,457102740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21345597,45598,45599,45601,45615,45616,45617,45619,45620,45623,45626,45628,457909617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1456811188
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12445584,45586,45645,45725663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS166173445550,45558,45561,45563,45564,45566,45580,45581,45583,45584,45586,45587,45632,45633,45634,45635,45640,45642,45651,45700,45716,45717,45725,45736,45748,45763,45764,45770,45773,45777,45778,45779,45781,4578324243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3145681504
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2145710286
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)166166345597,45681,457367437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1441443645539,45546,45548,45551,45552,45554,45558,45560,45563,45566,45568,45569,45572,45586,45593,45632,45640,45643,45645,45646,45653,45655,45673,45678,45700,45717,45719,45723,45725,45728,45745,45748,45768,45780,45782,4578830554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1457792812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31456581544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O166166245615,457366890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl445619,45691,45695,457131398
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6166166145736741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3166166645565,45597,45640,45658,45710,4573614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3345572,45658,457485433
Iridium  (*)CopperIr245655,45678162
Iron  (*)IronFe1457861089
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe145669128
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O6145710154
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14445581,45582,45584,45586784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6299166245555,457362228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4166144545597,45640,45681,45736,457455591
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2145549230
Kornerupine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Fe2+,Al,   )10(Si,Al,B)5O21(OH,F)214565868
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41455721507
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2345655,45669,45784226
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4145681229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416655845557,45655,45658,45669,45681,45736,45748,4575614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2166166245725,4573612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2345615,45640,457485674
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O145751388
Metavariscite  (*)PhosphosideriteAl(PO4)·2H2O14574027
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2245584,45586300
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1457904924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2166166245736,457485800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)145572945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2299431045555,45557,45586,45597,45615,45640,45667,45710,45736,4574517380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)145790884
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6145710229
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O245597,457842994
Osmium  (*)NoneOs145655169
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S2814558689
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2145710247
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O145751144
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2145669313
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F2245615,45619112
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2166166245669,457362273
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O145740182
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O145730182
Platinum  (*)CopperPt245673,45678485
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21661661457361898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3645549,45638,45641,45645,45763,457791425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2299177045540,45546,45550,45551,45554,45555,45557,45558,45560,45561,45562,45563,45564,45566,45567,45569,45570,45576,45580,45581,45582,45583,45584,45585,45586,45587,45597,45611,45615,45617,45619,45628,45632,45633,45634,45635,45636,45638,45640,45641,45644,45645,45647,45660,45667,45686,45694,45700,45710,45716,45717,45723,45725,45736,45745,45748,45756,45760,45762,45763,45764,45768,45769,45770,45773,45777,45778,45779,45780,4578339462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3145658341
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2144144245615,45745771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8845554,45563,45584,45586,45640,45648,45725,457489056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2166177745539,45540,45541,45542,45546,45548,45550,45554,45558,45560,45561,45562,45563,45564,45565,45566,45567,45569,45570,45575,45576,45577,45578,45584,45585,45586,45587,45594,45597,45598,45599,45601,45615,45616,45617,45619,45620,45623,45626,45628,45632,45633,45634,45635,45636,45640,45641,45643,45645,45646,45647,45648,45651,45681,45693,45710,45719,45720,45723,45725,45736,45748,45751,45753,45762,45763,45764,45766,45767,45769,45770,45773,45777,45779,45780,45783,4578461156
Rectorite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Na,Ca)Al4(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·2H2O29917049
Rhodium  (*)CopperRh14567817
Rutheniridosmine  (*)None(Ir,Os,Ru)245655,4567847
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu14565546
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2445572,45657,45658,457105614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1455634894
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O145681241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)545538,45584,45681,45779,457906417
Silver  (*)CopperAg945549,45586,45632,45634,45635,45717,45725,45748,457795186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1457842473
Sorosite  (*)NickelineCu1+x(Sn,Sb)1456746
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1661662945550,45558,45563,45581,45582,45583,45584,45585,45586,45587,45632,45633,45634,45635,45640,45641,45642,45644,45716,45717,45725,45736,45763,45764,45770,45773,45777,45778,4577921482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4245641,45645586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3445549,45584,45636,457803418
Stistaite  (*)RocksaltSnSb14567411
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1456152045
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)145786703
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21456813337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13166166945549,45584,45586,45641,45642,45736,45748,45760,457675317
Tin  (*)NoneSn14567463
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O345658,45710,457904899
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1457861044
Tulameenite  (*)PotaritePt2CuFe14566948
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O145740301
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31661661457361247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)445572,45657,45658,457905251



9 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-00677434343       Cu228131Pegadorcito-Pantanos Cu Deposit, Frontino Municipality, Antioquia Department, ColombiaPegadorcito-PantanosSinger et al. (2005) USGSOFR2005_1060 
PorphCu-00704299201.6Permian-Triassic      Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Jarosite, PyriteCu228131Pegadorcito-Pantanos Cu Deposit, Frontino Municipality, Antioquia Department, ColombiaPantanos-PegadorcitoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00592555555      Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Magnetite, PyriteCu208330Murindó Cu-Au Deposit, Murindó Municipality, Antioquia Department, ColombiaMurindoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00593171717      Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, PyriteCu208331Piedrasentada Cu Deposit, Patía Municipality, Cauca Department, ColombiaPiedrasentadaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00591484848      Albite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, PyriteCu208328Acandí Cu Deposit, Acandí Municipality, Chocó Department, ColombiaAcandiSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
vms-0042410066Upper Cretaceous        123462El Roble Mine, El Carmen De Atrato Municipality, Chocó Department, ColombiaEl RobleMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
PorphCu-00226166166166      Actinolite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Prehnite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu194773Mocoa Cu-Mo Deposit, Mocoa Municipality, Putumayo Department, ColombiaMocoaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00594144144144      Alunite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Kaolinite, Pyrite, PyrophylliteCu208332California Cu-Au Deposit, California Municipality, Santander Department, ColombiaCaliforniaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00676166166166      Albite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Magnetite, PyriteCu228128Dolores Prospect, Alpujarra Municipality, Tolima Department, ColombiaDoloresSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050308Muzo Mine, Muzo Municipality, Vasquez-Yacopí Mining District, Boyacá Department, Colombiahttps://rruff.info/R050308
R080067Chocó Department, Colombiahttps://rruff.info/R080067


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