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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

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 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: 
AmphiboleApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteGarnetKornerupine
NonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSpinelTitaniteZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
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  (*)
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
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)171714566027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2171714566027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41456553902
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3245657,456581797
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)17171456608173
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS2145655110
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1456582740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1717024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu245653,4565530554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31456581544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314565814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31456585433
Iridium  (*)CopperIr145655162
Kornerupine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Fe2+,Al,   )10(Si,Al,B)5O21(OH,F)214565868
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2145655226
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4245655,4565814899
Osmium  (*)NoneOs145655169
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2171714566039462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3145658341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21717061156
Rutheniridosmine  (*)None(Ir,Os,Ru)14565547
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu14565546
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2245657,456585614
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1456584899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)245657,456585251



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00593171717      Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, PyriteCu208331Piedrasentada Cu Deposit, Patía Municipality, Cauca Department, ColombiaPiedrasentadaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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