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Locality Name:
Cerro Petaquilla Cu Deposit, Colón Province, Panama

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36
Youngest recorded age at locality: 29

mindat Locality ID: 228031
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228031.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Petaquilla Cu Deposit, Colón Province, Panama": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 8°49'59"N
Longitude: 80°40'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 8.8330555555556,-80.666666666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	36	29	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	36	29	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	36	29	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	36	29	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	36	29	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	36	29	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	36	29	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	36	29	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	36	29	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	36	29	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	36	29	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	36	29	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	36	29	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	36	29	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	36	29	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	36	29	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	36	29	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	36	29	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	36	29	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	36	29	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	36	29	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	36	29	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	36	29	4899

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-00662	36	29	36–29									Albite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Ilmenite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Titanite	Cu	228031	Cerro Petaquilla Cu Deposit, Colón Province, Panama	Petaquilla-Botija	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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