Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Frontino Municipality, Antioquia Department, Colombia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 299
Youngest recorded age at locality: 43

mindat Locality ID: 228132
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228132.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Frontino Municipality, Antioquia Department, Colombia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Frontino Mine
Pegadorcito-Pantanos Cu Deposit

Latitude: 6°42'0"N
Longitude: 76°30'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 6.7,-76.5

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.

Alunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Gold ()*	Jarosite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*

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
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	299	201.6	1	45555	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	45554	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	299	201.6	1	45555	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	299	201.6	2	45554,45555	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	45554	3846
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	45554	30554
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	299	201.6	1	45555	2228
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	299	43	1	45555	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	299	201.6	2	45554,45555	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	45554	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	45554	61156

2 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-00677	43	43	43										Cu	228131	Pegadorcito-Pantanos Cu Deposit, Frontino Municipality, Antioquia Department, Colombia	Pegadorcito-Pantanos	Singer et al. (2005)		USGSOFR2005_1060
	PorphCu-00704	299	201.6	Permian-Triassic									Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Jarosite, Pyrite	Cu	228131	Pegadorcito-Pantanos Cu Deposit, Frontino Municipality, Antioquia Department, Colombia	Pantanos-Pegadorcito	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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