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Locality Name:
Gaby-Papa Grande Cu-Au Deposit, Azuay Province, Ecuador

Oldest recorded age at locality: 20.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 18.3

mindat Locality ID: 206859
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206859.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gaby-Papa Grande Cu-Au Deposit, Azuay Province, Ecuador": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bella Rica Prospect

Latitude: 3°6'"S
Longitude: 79°42'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.1,-79.7

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar
Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Palygorskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar
Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Palygorskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	20.3	18.3	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	20.3	18.3	0		8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	20.3	18.3	1	48951	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	20.3	18.3	0		11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	20.3	18.3	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	20.3	18.3	1	48951	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	20.3	18.3	1	48951	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	20.3	18.3	1	48951	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	20.3	18.3	1	48951	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	20.3	18.3	1	48951	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	20.3	18.3	0		14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	20.3	18.3	1	48951	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	20.3	18.3	0		5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	20.3	18.3	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	20.3	18.3	0		17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	20.3	18.3	0		306
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	20.3	18.3	0		2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20.3	18.3	1	48951	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	20.3	18.3	1	48951	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	20.3	18.3	1	48951	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	20.3	18.3	1	48951	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	20.3	18.3	1	48951	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	20.3	18.3	0		1803

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
	PorphCu-00499	20.3	18.3	19.3±1									Actinolite, Albite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Palygorskite, Phlogopite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Electrum	Cu	206859	Gaby-Papa Grande Cu-Au Deposit, Azuay Province, Ecuador	Gaby-Papa Grande	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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