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Locality Name:
El Callao District, Bolívar, Venezuela

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2117

mindat Locality ID: 204542
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204542.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Callao District, Bolívar, Venezuela": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Chile Mine
Columbia Mine
El Callao Mine
Peru Mine
Sosa Mendez Mine
Union Mine

Latitude: 7°22'31"N
Longitude: 61°49'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 7.3752777777778,-61.821111111111
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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Co Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Sb W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCovelliteEpidoteFeldspar
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
TetrahedriteTitanite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)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
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22145211712946033419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2145211712946038803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22145211712946033092
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42145211705516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)21452117027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS221452117027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS214521170966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2145211704165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2145211712946038173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS21452117024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu21452117129460330554
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22145211705800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)221452117129460317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS221452117129460339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82145211709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO221452117129460361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22145211712946035614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2145211704894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2145211706417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS21452117021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132145211705317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2145211712946034899


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
DeepDive-Co-0026214521172145-2117U-Pbinterpreted as magmatic age; age of overlying Felsic Volcano-Sedimentary Unitzircon   Zircon  204542El Callao District, Bolívar, VenezuelaChoco 10, El Callao Mining DistrictPadoan et al. (2014)10.1016/j.precamres.2014.06.024PR252_22interpreted as magmatic age; age of overlying Felsic Volcano-Sedimentary Unit

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