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Molybdenite from
El Tierrero Mine, Nambija deposit, Nambija mining district, Zamora Canton, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Age information
Maximum recorded age:146.4 Ma
Minimum recorded age:145 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
1146.4 to 145.4 MaLate Jurassic - Re-Os
2146 to 145 MaLate Jurassic - Re-Os
3146.1 to 145.1 MaLate Jurassic - Re-Os
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Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view El Tierrero Mine, Nambija deposit, Nambija mining district, Zamora Canton, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:641070
Long-form Identifier:1:3:641070:4
GUID (UUID V4):04cdef5c-3c2d-4564-ac3e-ab8cb5f929f9
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geochronology of the Nambija Au-skarn and Pangui porphyry Cu deposits, Ecuador: implications for the...from the Nambija and Pangui districts of the Subandean zone, southeastern Ecuador. Nambija has been one...one of the main gold-producing centers of Ecuador since the 1980s due to exceptionally high-grade ores...discovered porphyry Cu–Mo district. The geology of the Subandean zone in southeastern Ecuador is dominated by the...Jurassic Zamora batholith, which intrudes Triassic volca- nosedimentary rocks. The Zamora batholith
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evolution in the Jurassic Nambija gold skarn deposits (southeastern Ecuador) Jean Vallance & Lluís Fontboté... Abstract The Jurassic (approximately 145 Ma) Nambija oxidized gold skarns are hosted by the Triassic...Piuntza unit in the sub-Andean zone of southeastern Ecuador. The skarns consist dominantly of granditic garnet...late veins and interpreted as basinal brines. Nambija represents a deep equivalent of the oxidized gold...Aqueous-carbonic fluids . Oxygen isotope . Chlorite . Nambija . Ecuador Introduction Skarns are an important source
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gold occurrence in the Fortuna skarn mine, Nambija district, Ecuador Received: 24 February 2005 / Accepted:...gold skarn deposit is located in the northern part of the Nambija gold district, southern Ecuador. It has...which are named from north to south: Cuerpo 3, Mine 1, Mine 2, and Southern Sector. Massive skarn bodies...intrusion which crops out below the skarn bodies in Mine 2 and the Southern Sector. Endoskarn alteration...zone is centered on two 060° trending faults in Mine 2, where the highest gold grades (5–10 g/t) were
 
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