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Locality Name:
Camilo Ponce Enriquez Canton, Azuay Province, Ecuador


mindat Locality ID: 245032
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245032.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Camilo Ponce Enriquez Canton, Azuay Province, Ecuador": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bella Rica Mining District
Epifania Mine

Latitude: 641209°0'0"N
Longitude: 9658050°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 641209,9658050

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperDiasporeEpidoteMolybdeniteNonePyrite
QuartzScheeliteSpinelStibniteSulphur

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Powellite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS248943,489449052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41489445516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14894327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2248943,4894427198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1489438173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1489437437
Gold  (*)CopperAu248943,4894430554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414894314899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21489435800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)148943494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2248943,4894439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2248943,4894461156
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31489443418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1489432045



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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