Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Balsapamba-Las Guardias Cu-Mo Deposit, Bolívar Province, Ecuador

Oldest recorded age at locality: 34
Youngest recorded age at locality: 20

mindat Locality ID: 209837
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209837.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Balsapamba-Las Guardias Cu-Mo Deposit, Bolívar Province, Ecuador": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 1°40'"S
Longitude: 79°9'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -1.6666666666667,-79.15

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	Covellite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel

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: Ca Cu Fe Mo O S W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cu Fe Mo O S W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Covellite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	34	20	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	34	20	4165
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	34	20	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	34	20	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	34	20	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	34	20	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	34	20	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	34	20	21482

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-00634	34	20	34–20									Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite	Cu	209837	Balsapamba-Las Guardias Cu-Mo Deposit, Bolívar Province, Ecuador	Balzapamba-Las Guardias	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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