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Locality Name:
Venezuela

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

mindat Locality ID: 22096
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22096.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Venezuela": 103
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 78

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Amazonas
Anzoátegui
Apure
Aragua
Barinas
Bolívar
Carabobo
Caracas
Cojedes
Delta Amacuro
Falcón
Federal Dependencies
Guárico
Lara
Mérida
Miranda
Monagas
Nueva Esparta
Portuguesa
Sucre
Táchira
Trujillo
Unspecified Caves
Vargas
Yaracuy
Zulia

Latitude: 9°40'2"N
Longitude: 66°31'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 9.6672222222222,-66.523611111111
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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAluminiteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArcaniteBaryteBrookite
CalciteCancrinite-sodaliteCeriteChabaziteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDiamondDiasporeEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparGarnetGypsumHexahydriteKaolinite
LeucophosphiteMagnetoplumbiteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePalygorskite
PyritePyrochlorePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltRutileScheeliteSepiolite
SodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStruviteTetrahedriteTitaniteTridymiteZircon

103 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Aluminite  (*)Aluminium  (*)
Alunite  (*)Ammoniojarosite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Ardealite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Barroisite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bassanite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Brushite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chabazite-K  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coesite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diamond  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Evansite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Gaylussite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gorceixite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Gwihabaite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ice  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Koktaite  (*)Lead  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)
Lonecreekite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganberzeliite  (*)Mascagnite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Nitratine  (*)Omphacite  (*)Opal  (*)Palygorskite  (*)
Paragonite  (*)Periclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pigotite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Riebeckite  (*)Rossiantonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Salammoniac  (*)Sanjuanite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Struvite  (*)Sveite  (*)Tetraferriphlogopite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Trona  (*)Variscite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)Winchite  (*)
Yimengite  (*)Zincochromite  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)2214521172294603,2946713419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O612945811022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)214521172294603,2946718803
Aluminite  (*)AluminiteAl2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O2294665,29467778
Aluminium  (*)CopperAl129462527
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61294600966
Ammoniojarosite  (*)Alunite(NH4)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62294657,29467730
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212945982162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2214521172294601,2946033092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)9294651,294658,294659,294660,294661,294663,294664,294677,2946803250
Ardealite  (*)GypsumCa2(PO3OH)(SO4)·4H2O2294663,29467730
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)21294581295
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22294659,2946775509
Barroisite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg3Al2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2129467149
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)129459811547
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O2294589,29467782
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71294681450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42145211712946015516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111294681843
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21294598700
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O5294589,294663,294665,294669,294677104
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)214521178294593,294601,294615,294657,294659,294661,294667,29467727770
Chabazite-K  (*)Chabazite(K2NaCa0.5)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O129462430
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2214521173294601,294627,29467927198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl2294665,294677203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412946183902
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS214521171294601966
Coesite  (*)Not in a structural groupSiO2129460877
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2145211712946014165
Diamond  (*)DiamondC17294608,294610,294612,294613,294614,294616,294617,294618,294619,294626,294627,294628,294629,294630,294631,294633,294634697
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)25294615,294627,294658,294659,2946779895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)214521172294603,2946718173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O2294658,294677484
Evansite  (*)AmorphousAl3(PO4)(OH)6·8H2O129467756
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3294663,294665,2946772740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12946271188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS21452117129460124243
Gaylussite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(CO3)2·5H2O129465457
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3294593,294597,2946777437
Gold  (*)CopperAu214521178294596,294601,294603,294620,294626,294627,294631,29463230554
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62294598,294627121
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62294598,294627173
Gwihabaite  (*)None(NH4)(NO3)129459510
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11294589,294593,294594,294595,294600,294651,294660,294663,294665,294667,2946776890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl2294657,2946771398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32294597,29462714640
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O1294677251
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH7294589,294657,294660,294663,294665,294667,294677367
Ice  (*)Amorphous TridymiteH2O129467759
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32294608,2946715433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42145211712945915591
Koktaite  (*)None(NH4)2Ca(SO4)2·H2O2294657,29467712
Lead  (*)CopperPb1294637192
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O1294677110
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)21294677210
Lonecreekite  (*)Alum(NH4)Fe3+(SO4)2·12H2O12946776
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O41294618311
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)3294615,294672,2946771487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43294597,294624,29467714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22294659,29467712537
Manganberzeliite  (*)Garnet(NaCa2)Mn2+2(AsO4)32294657,29467724
Mascagnite  (*)Arcanite(NH4)2(SO4)129462461
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2214521172294601,2946275800
Monetite  (*)NoneCa(PO3OH)129464621
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2214521173294601,294603,29462717380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)1294581884
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)129467791
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O62294608,294671229
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O9294582,294593,294594,294595,294600,294625,294642,294659,2946772994
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O1294677306
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21294671247
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO1294608114
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212946152273
Pigotite  (*)NoneAl4C6H5O10·13H2O (?)12946773
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2214521175294601,294603,294627,294659,29467139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22145211712945913106
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)33294608,294617,294627341
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)22294593,294625771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8214521172294601,2946089056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22145211713294581,294582,294583,294593,294598,294600,294601,294603,294626,294627,294671,294677,29468161156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)21294581375
Rossiantonite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl3(PO4)(SO4)2(OH)2(H2O)10·4H2O12946001
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2214521174294598,294603,294608,2946715614
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl1294624105
Sanjuanite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·9H2O12946002
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2145211712946014894
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O2294663,294677241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2145211712946016417
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl1294581444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS21452117129460121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O43294608,294615,2946171934
Struvite  (*)Struvite(NH4)Mg(PO4)·6H2O2294663,29467730
Sveite  (*)NoneKAl7(NO3)4(OH)16Cl2·8H2O2294582,2946773
Tetraferriphlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Fe3+)O10(OH)2129461527
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132145211712946015317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O214521172294603,2946714899
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O1294654129
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O2294647,294648301
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)63294646,294663,294677104
Winchite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg4Al)Si8O22(OH)2129467151
Yimengite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteK[Ti3Cr5Fe3+2Mg2]O1912946175
Zincochromite  (*)SpinelZnCr2O4129461811
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12945815251


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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