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Locality Name:
Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Huarochiri Province, Lima, Peru


mindat Locality ID: 5407
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5407.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Huarochiri Province, Lima, Peru": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 11°39'"S
Longitude: 76°13'60"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -11.65,-76.233333333333
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: Ag As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteColumbiteCopperEnargiteGeocronite
GypsumNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPhenakitePolybasitePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksalt
SphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Diaphorite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S80126
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S230133
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)0469
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS20300
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S30511
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)0969
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO40303


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050558Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Huarochiri Province, Lima, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R050558

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