Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bolívar, Venezuela

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2117

mindat Locality ID: 25048
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25048.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bolívar, Venezuela": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 36

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Auyán-tepui (Auyán-tepuy; Ayan Tepui)
Botanamo Property
Cerro Bolívar
Cerro Impacto
Chimantá Massif (Chimantha Massif)
El Callao District
Guaniamo
Icabarú
Los Pijiguaos
Pedregal City
Roraima Sur Cave System
Santa Elena De Uairen
Sifontes
Tumeremo

Latitude: 6°16'17"N
Longitude: 62°50'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 6.2713888888889,-62.848611111111

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Arcanite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diamond	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Magnetoplumbite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Mn O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Arcanite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Diamond Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Gypsum Kaolinite Magnetoplumbite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Aluminium ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*
Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chabazite-K ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Coesite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diamond ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gorceixite ()*	Goyazite ()*
Gwihabaite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Lead ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mascagnite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Opal ()*	Periclase ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rossiantonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Salammoniac ()*
Sanjuanite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Tetraferriphlogopite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Yimengite ()*	Zincochromite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2145	2117	1	294603	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2145	2117	1	294603	8803
Aluminium ()*	Copper	Al			1	294625	27
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	294600	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	294598	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2145	2117	2	294601,294603	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	294598	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2145	2117	1	294601	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			1	294598	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2145	2117	3	294593,294601,294615	27770
Chabazite-K ()*	Chabazite	(K₂NaCa_0.5)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O			1	294624	30
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2145	2117	2	294601,294627	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	294618	3902
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2145	2117	1	294601	966
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂			1	294608	77
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2145	2117	1	294601	4165
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			17	294608,294610,294612,294613,294614,294616,294617,294618,294619,294626,294627,294628,294629,294630,294631,294633,294634	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	294615,294627	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2145	2117	1	294603	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	294627	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2145	2117	1	294601	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	294593,294597	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2145	2117	8	294596,294601,294603,294620,294626,294627,294631,294632	30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			2	294598,294627	121
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			2	294598,294627	173
Gwihabaite ()*	None	(NH₄)(NO₃)			1	294595	10
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			4	294593,294594,294595,294600	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	294597,294627	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	294608	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2145	2117	0		5591
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb			1	294637	192
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄			1	294618	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	294615	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	294597,294624	14899
Mascagnite ()*	Arcanite	(NH₄)₂(SO₄)			1	294624	61
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2145	2117	2	294601,294627	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2145	2117	3	294601,294603,294627	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆			1	294608	229
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			5	294593,294594,294595,294600,294625	2994
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO			1	294608	114
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	294615	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2145	2117	3	294601,294603,294627	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2145	2117	0		3106
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			3	294608,294617,294627	341
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	294593,294625	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2145	2117	2	294601,294608	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2145	2117	7	294593,294598,294600,294601,294603,294626,294627	61156
Rossiantonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₃(PO₄)(SO₄)₂(OH)₂(H₂O)₁₀·4H₂O			1	294600	1
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2145	2117	3	294598,294603,294608	5614
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl			1	294624	105
Sanjuanite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·9H₂O			1	294600	2
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2145	2117	1	294601	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2145	2117	1	294601	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2145	2117	1	294601	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			3	294608,294615,294617	1934
Tetraferriphlogopite ()*	Mica	KMg₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	294615	27
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2145	2117	1	294601	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2145	2117	1	294603	4899
Yimengite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	K[Ti₃Cr₅Fe³⁺₂Mg₂]O₁₉			1	294617	5
Zincochromite ()*	Spinel	ZnCr₂O₄			1	294618	11

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
	DeepDive-Co-0026	2145	2117	2145-2117	U-Pb	interpreted as magmatic age; age of overlying Felsic Volcano-Sedimentary Unit		zircon				Zircon			204542	El Callao District, Bolívar, Venezuela	Choco 10, El Callao Mining District	Padoan et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.precamres.2014.06.024	PR252_22	interpreted as magmatic age; age of overlying Felsic Volcano-Sedimentary Unit

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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