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:
Mallama Municipality, Nariño Department, Colombia

mindat Locality ID: 206795
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206795.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mallama Municipality, Nariño Department, Colombia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gualcala Mines
Porvenir Mines

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.

Acanthite	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	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: Ag As Au Cu Fe Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Copper None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Pyrite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	45717	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	45716,45717	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	45716,45717	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	45716,45717	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	45717	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	45716,45717	39462
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	45717	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	45716,45717	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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