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Locality Name:
Mercaderes Municipality, Cauca Department, Colombia


mindat Locality ID: 286511
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286511.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mercaderes Municipality, Cauca Department, Colombia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
La Honda Creek
Río Mayo

Latitude: 1°40'44"N
Longitude: 77°19'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 1.6788888888889,-77.3175
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 B Ca F Fe H Mg O P Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteCorundumGarnetKornerupineNonePyroxeneRutileSpinelTitanite
Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Augite  (*)Corundum  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kornerupine  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Rutile  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31456582353
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2145658718
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61456582060
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3245657,456581797
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1456582740
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31456581544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314565814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31456585433
Kornerupine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Fe2+,Al,   )10(Si,Al,B)5O21(OH,F)214565868
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414565814899
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3145658341
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2245657,456585614
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1456584899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)245657,456585251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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