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:
Nambija Deposit, Nambija District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 191533
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191533.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nambija Deposit, Nambija District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
El Arco Mine
El Diamante Prospect
El Playón-Mapasingue Mine
El Tierrero Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Garnet	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Au Ca Cu Fe H Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Garnet Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

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
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	201.6	145	2	49104,49105	1534
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	146.4	145	1	49105	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	201.6	145	2	49104,49105	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	201.6	145	2	49104,49105	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	201.6	145	2	49104,49105	1544
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	146.4	145	1	49105	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	146.4	145	1	49105	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	201.6	145	2	49104,49105	61156

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample 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
PorphCu-00214	201.6	145.5	Jurassic				Yes		Anhydrite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Paragonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite	Cu	191536	Cerro Colorado-Tumi Prospect, Nambija District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador	Tumi	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
Mo-00396	146.4	145.4	145.9±0.5	Re-Os	molybdenite	DTR437, prospect dump		Molybdenite		Mo	209615	El Tierrero Mine, Nambija Deposit, Nambija District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador	El Tierrero	Chiaradia et al. (2009)	10.1007/s00126-008-0210-6	MD44_371
Mo-00397	146	145	145.5±0.5	Re-Os	molybdenite	DTR438, prospect dump		Molybdenite		Mo	209615	El Tierrero Mine, Nambija Deposit, Nambija District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador	El Tierrero	Chiaradia et al. (2009)	10.1007/s00126-008-0210-6	MD44_371
Mo-00398	146.1	145.1	145.6±0.5	Re-Os	molybdenite	DTR438, prospect dump		Molybdenite		Mo	209615	El Tierrero Mine, Nambija Deposit, Nambija District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador	El Tierrero	Chiaradia et al. (2009)	10.1007/s00126-008-0210-6	MD44_371

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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