Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Muzo Municipality, Vasquez-Yacopí Mining District, Boyacá Department, Colombia

mindat Locality ID: 742
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-742.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muzo Municipality, Vasquez-Yacopí Mining District, Boyacá Department, Colombia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Cincho Mine
Coscuez Mine (Cosquez Mine)
La Polvorosa Mine
Muzo Mine
Pava Mine
Puerto Arturo Mine
Quipama Mines
Tequendama Mine

Latitude: 5°33'34"N
Longitude: 74°9'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 5.5594444444444,-74.1525

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.

Allophane	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Marcasite
Mica	None	Parisite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sulphur

Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Marcasite
Mica None Parisite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sulphur

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	45617,45619	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	0		470
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	45617	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	7	45616,45617,45618,45619,45620,45621,45623	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	45616,45617,45619,45620,45623	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	45616,45617,45619,45620,45623	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	45616,45617,45619,45620,45623	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	45619	1398
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	1	45619	112
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	45617,45619	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	45616,45617,45619,45620,45623	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050308	Muzo Mine, Muzo Municipality, Vasquez-Yacopí Mining District, Boyacá Department, Colombia	https://rruff.info/R050308

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