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Locality Name:
Mun. Vetas, North Soto Province, Santander Department, Colombia


mindat Locality ID: 308020
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-308020.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mun. Vetas, North Soto Province, Santander Department, Colombia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
La Tosca Deposit
Reina De Oro

Latitude: 7°18'59"N
Longitude: 72°51'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 7.3163888888889,-72.860555555556

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: Ag Au Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SpinelTetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41457485516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214574827198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14574824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu14574830554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31457485433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414574814899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21457485674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21457485800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214574839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81457489056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214574861156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1457485186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131457485317



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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