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Locality Name:
Cauca Department, Colombia

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

mindat Locality ID: 740
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-740.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cauca Department, Colombia": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Buenos Aires Municipality
Guapí Municipality
Mercaderes Municipality
Patía Municipality

Latitude: 2°16'16"N
Longitude: 77°8'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 2.2711111111111,-77.145555555556

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Garnet	Kornerupine
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Corundum ()*	Epidote ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iridium ()*	Kornerupine ()*	Laurite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Osmium ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutheniridosmine ()*	Ruthenium ()*
Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au B C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Ir Mg O Os P Pb Ru S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Garnet Kornerupine
None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Titanite Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	45658	2353
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	45658	718
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	45658	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	17	17	1	45660	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	17	17	1	45660	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	45655	3902
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			2	45657,45658	1797
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	17	17	1	45660	8173
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂			1	45655	110
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	45658	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	17	17	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	45653,45655	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	45658	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	45658	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	45658	5433
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir			1	45655	162
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂			1	45658	68
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂			1	45655	226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	45655,45658	14899
Osmium ()*	None	Os			1	45655	169
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	17	17	1	45660	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	45658	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	17	17	0		61156
Rutheniridosmine ()*	None	(Ir,Os,Ru)			1	45655	47
Ruthenium ()*	None	Ru			1	45655	46
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	45657,45658	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	45658	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	45657,45658	5251

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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