Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Patía Municipality, Cauca Department, Colombia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 17
Youngest recorded age at locality: 17

mindat Locality ID: 283647
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283647.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Patía Municipality, Cauca Department, Colombia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Piedrasentada Cu Deposit

Latitude: 2°6'0"N
Longitude: 76°53'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 2.1,-76.883333333333

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	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	None	Pyrite

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 Ca Cu Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote None Pyrite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Pyrite ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	17	17	1	45660	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	17	17	1	45660	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	17	17	1	45660	8173
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	17	17	1	45660	39462

1 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-00593	17	17	17									Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Pyrite	Cu	208331	Piedrasentada Cu Deposit, Patía Municipality, Cauca Department, Colombia	Piedrasentada	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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