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Locality Name:
Bolívar, Venezuela

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

mindat Locality ID: 25048
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25048.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bolívar, Venezuela": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 36

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Auyán-tepui (Auyán-tepuy; Ayan Tepui)
Botanamo Property
Cerro Bolívar
Cerro Impacto
Chimantá Massif (Chimantha Massif)
El Callao District
Guaniamo
Icabarú
Los Pijiguaos
Pedregal City
Roraima Sur Cave System
Santa Elena De Uairen
Sifontes
Tumeremo

Latitude: 6°16'17"N
Longitude: 62°50'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 6.2713888888889,-62.848611111111

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 Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Mn O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAmphiboleArcaniteBaryteBrookiteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiamondDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
GypsumKaoliniteMagnetoplumbiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyrite
PyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitanite

60 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Aluminium  (*)Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chabazite-K  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coesite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diamond  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Goyazite  (*)
Gwihabaite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Lead  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mascagnite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Opal  (*)Periclase  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rossiantonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Salammoniac  (*)
Sanjuanite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Tetraferriphlogopite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Yimengite  (*)Zincochromite  (*)
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)22145211712946033419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2145211712946038803
Aluminium  (*)CopperAl129462527
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61294600966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212945982162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2214521172294601,2946033092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)129459811547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42145211712946015516
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21294598700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)214521173294593,294601,29461527770
Chabazite-K  (*)Chabazite(K2NaCa0.5)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O129462430
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2214521172294601,29462727198
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)22294615,2946279895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2145211712946038173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12946271188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS21452117129460124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2294593,2945977437
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)·2H2O4294593,294594,294595,2946006890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32294597,29462714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312946085433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42145211705591
Lead  (*)CopperPb1294637192
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O41294618311
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)12946151487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42294597,29462414899
Mascagnite  (*)Arcanite(NH4)2(SO4)129462461
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2214521172294601,2946275800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2214521173294601,294603,29462717380
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O61294608229
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O5294593,294594,294595,294600,2946252994
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO1294608114
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212946152273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2214521173294601,294603,29462739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22145211703106
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)33294608,294617,294627341
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)22294593,294625771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8214521172294601,2946089056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2214521177294593,294598,294600,294601,294603,294626,29462761156
Rossiantonite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl3(PO4)(SO4)2(OH)2(H2O)10·4H2O12946001
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2214521173294598,294603,2946085614
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl1294624105
Sanjuanite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·9H2O12946002
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2145211712946014894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2145211712946016417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS21452117129460121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O43294608,294615,2946171934
Tetraferriphlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Fe3+)O10(OH)2129461527
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132145211712946015317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2145211712946034899
Yimengite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteK[Ti3Cr5Fe3+2Mg2]O1912946175
Zincochromite  (*)SpinelZnCr2O4129461811



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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