Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Montelíbano, Córdoba Department, Colombia

mindat Locality ID: 276959
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276959.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montelíbano, Córdoba Department, Colombia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cerro Matoso S. A. Laterite Deposit (Cerro Matoso Mine)

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

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.

Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Diaspore	Kaolinite	None	Olivine	Quartz	Sepiolite	Spinel
Talc

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 C Fe H Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chlorite Clay Diaspore Kaolinite None Olivine Quartz Sepiolite Spinel
Talc

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Chamosite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Siderite ()*
Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	45681	577
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	45681	1188
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	45681	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	45681	7437
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	45681	5591
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	45681	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	45681	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	45681	61156
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	45681	241
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	45681	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	45681	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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