Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Quilotoa Volcano, Pujilí Canton, Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 155761
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155761.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quilotoa Volcano, Pujilí Canton, Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°-51'-40"N
Longitude: 78°53'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -0.86111111111111,-78.897222222222

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	Corundum	None	Quartz	Spinel

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: Cu Fe O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Corundum None Quartz Spinel

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	201	100	27198
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	201	100	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	201	100	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	201	100	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	201	100	61156

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
	vms-00464	201	100	Jurassic-Early Cretaceous							Yes				215195	Macuchi Deposit, Macuchi, Pujilí Canton, Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador	Macuchi	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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