Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Panama

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 25585
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25585.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Panama": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Bocas Del Toro Province
Chiriquí Province
Coclé Province
Colón Province
Darién Province
Emberá Comarca
Herrera Province
Kuna Yala Comarca
Los Santos Province
Ngöbe Buglé Comarca
Panamá Province
Veraguas Province
West Panama Province

Latitude: 8°25'15"N
Longitude: 80°25'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 8.4208333333333,-80.426944444444

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	Analcime	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Tridymite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Analcime ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celadonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tridymite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Analcime Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar
Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite
Tridymite Wurtzite

53 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	36	29	1	95592	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	65	53	1	95602	966
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	95611	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	6	4	1	95618	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	36	29	2	95592,95622	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	65	53	2	95602,95622	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	36	2.6	3	95592,95618,95620	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	65	4	3	95602,95618,95622	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	95622	309
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	49	4	3	95592,95595,95618	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65	2.6	5	95592,95595,95602,95618,95620	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	95613	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	36	2.6	2	95592,95620	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	36	4	2	95592,95618	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	36	29	1	95592	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	36	29	1	95592	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	65	53	2	95601,95602	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	6	4	1	95618	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	65	53	1	95602	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	36	2.6	3	95592,95618,95620	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	65	29	3	95592,95595,95602	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	65	29	3	95589,95592,95602	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	65	29	6	95592,95595,95601,95602,95621,95622	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6	4	1	95618	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	95589	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	65	29	5	95589,95592,95602,95615,95622	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	36	29	1	95592	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	95622	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	65	4	5	95592,95601,95602,95618,95622	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	65	53	1	95602	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	49	2.6	3	95592,95595,95620	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5.3	2.6	1	95620	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	95622	5674
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O			1	95587	425
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	49	4	3	95592,95595,95618	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	65	2.6	7	95592,95595,95601,95602,95618,95620,95622	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	65	53	1	95602	128
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	95590	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	95622	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65	2.6	7	95592,95595,95601,95602,95618,95620,95622	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	65	4	2	95602,95618	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	95622	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	65	2.6	7	95602,95605,95609,95618,95620,95621,95622	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	65	53	1	95602	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	65	53	2	95602,95622	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	49	49	1	95595	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	65	29	3	95592,95595,95602	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	36	29	1	95592	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	36	29	1	95592	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	65	2.6	0		458

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	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 ID
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
PorphCu-00661	49	49	49	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite	Cu	228029	Rio Pito Prospect, Darién Province, Panama	Rio Pito	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00590	65	53	65–53	Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Pyrite	Cu	208286	Quema Deposit, Los Santos Province, Panama	Cerro Quema	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00589	56.5	56.5	56.5		Cu	208285	Cerro Azul Cu Deposit, Panamá Province, Panama	Cerro Azul	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
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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