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Locality Name:
Córdoba Department, Colombia


mindat Locality ID: 68446
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68446.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Córdoba Department, Colombia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Montelíbano
Puerto Libertador

Latitude: 7°44'0"N
Longitude: 75°44'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 7.7333333333333,-75.733333333333

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 C Fe H Mg O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChloriteClayDiasporeKaoliniteNoneOlivineQuartzSepioliteSpinel
Talc

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Chamosite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Maghemite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8145681577
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1456811188
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3145681504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1456817437
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41456815591
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4145681229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414568114899
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214568161156
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O145681241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1456816417
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21456813337



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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