Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Veraguas Province, Panama

Oldest recorded age at locality: 6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 25584
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25584.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Veraguas Province, Panama": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bahia Honda Manganese Deposit
Cerro Colorado Mine
Guariviara
Remance Au Mine (Mina El Consuela De Los Pobres)
Santa Rosa Au Mine

Latitude: 8°18'26"N
Longitude: 81°49'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 8.3072222222222,-81.828611111111

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel

Acanthite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Se Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel

31 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	95622	2793
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS			1	95622	87
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	6	4	1	95618	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	95622	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	95622	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	6	2.6	2	95618,95620	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	4	2	95618,95622	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	95622	309
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	6	4	1	95618	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	2.6	2	95618,95620	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	5.3	2.6	1	95620	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	6	4	1	95618	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	6	4	1	95618	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	6	2.6	2	95618,95620	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	95621,95622	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6	4	1	95618	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	95622	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	95622	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	6	4	2	95618,95622	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5.3	2.6	1	95620	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5.3	2.6	1	95620	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	95622	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	6	4	1	95618	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	95622	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	2.6	3	95618,95620,95622	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	95622	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	2.6	3	95618,95620,95622	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	6	4	1	95618	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	95622	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	2.6	4	95618,95620,95621,95622	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	95622	6417

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-00071	6	4	6–4									Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite	Cu	25581	Cerro Colorado Mine, Veraguas Province, Panama	Cerro Colorado	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00198	5.3	2.6	Pliocene									Chalcopyrite, Copper, Epidote, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite	Cu	155979	Cerro Chorcha Prospect, Guariviara, Veraguas Province, Panama	Cerro Chorcha	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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