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Locality Name:
Pangui District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145.5

mindat Locality ID: 207435
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207435.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kutucus Prospect
Panantza Prospect
San Carlos Prospect
Sutsu Prospect

Latitude: 3°30'56"S
Longitude: 78°27'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.5155555555556,-78.465555555556
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteKaolinite
MalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41541541491155516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S201.6145.5249114,491155707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2201.6145.5349114,49115,4911627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O201.6145.5249114,491153531
Copper  (*)CopperCu201.6145.51491143846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS201.6145.51491144165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1541541491158173
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3154154149115504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)158.41541491157437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315415414911514640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4158.41541491155591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415415414911514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2201.6145.514911412537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2158.4152.8349114,49115,491165800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1541541491151508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2201.6145.5349114,49115,4911617380
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)201.6145.5249114,49115186
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2154154149115247
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2158.41541491152273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201.6145.5349114,49115,4911639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81541541491159056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201.6145.5349114,49115,4911661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS201.6145.514911421482


6 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
Mo-00443153.8152.8153.3±0.5Re-Os, U-Pb molybdenitePA020398, 249.5 m  Molybdenite Mo206851Panantza Prospect, Pangui District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, EcuadorPanantzaChiaradia et al. (2009)10.1007/s00126-008-0210-6MD44_371 
PorphCu-00492201.6145.5Jurassic      Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, NeotociteCu206851Panantza Prospect, Pangui District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, EcuadorPanantzaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
Mo-00450158.4157.2157.8±0.6Re-Os molybdeniteSC091198, 144.80 m  Molybdenite Mo209628San Carlos Prospect, Pangui District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, EcuadorSan CarlosChiaradia et al. (2009)10.1007/s00126-008-0210-6MD44_371 
Mo-00451157.6156.4157.0±0.6Re-Os molybdeniteSC091198, 144.80 m  Molybdenite Mo209628San Carlos Prospect, Pangui District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, EcuadorSan CarlosChiaradia et al. (2009)10.1007/s00126-008-0210-6MD44_371 
PorphCu-00631154154154      Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Epidote, Gibbsite, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Paragonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, NeotociteCu209628San Carlos Prospect, Pangui District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, EcuadorSan CarlosSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
Mo-00449155.4154.4154.9±0.5Re-Os, U-Pb molybdeniteSutsu, surface sample  Molybdenite Mo209627Sutsu Prospect, Pangui District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, EcuadorSutsuChiaradia et al. (2009)10.1007/s00126-008-0210-6MD44_371 

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