Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Huarochiri Province, Lima, Peru

mindat Locality ID: 18371
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18371.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huarochiri Province, Lima, Peru": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Casapalca
Chicla District
Matucana
Pacococha
Parac
San Mateo District
Yauliyacu
Yauricocha

Latitude: 11°45'24"S
Longitude: 76°15'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -11.756666666667,-76.251944444444

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.

Acanthite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Copper	Enargite	Geocronite
Gypsum	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Phenakite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Willemite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper Enargite Geocronite
Gypsum Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Phenakite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz
Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	96334	2793
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	96334	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	96334,96344	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	96346,96347	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	96334,96344	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	96334	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	96334	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	96334	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	96333,96334,96344	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	96333,96334,96340,96344	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	96334	3846
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	1	96334	126
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	96334	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	96334	910
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	96344	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	96333,96334,96344	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	96334	133
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	96344	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	96334	6890
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	96334	469
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	96334	784
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	96347	12537
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	96334	300
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	96334	511
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	2	96334,96340	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	96344	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	3	96334,96340,96344	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	96334,96340,96344	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	96340	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	96333,96334,96335,96338,96340,96341,96344	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	96334	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	96334,96344	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	3	96334,96340,96344	969
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	96344	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	96334,96344	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	96344	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	96333,96334,96340,96344	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	96334	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	96344	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	96334,96344	5317
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	96334	303

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050302	Casapalca, Huarochiri Province, Lima, Peru	https://rruff.info/R050302
R050558	Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Huarochiri Province, Lima, Peru	https://rruff.info/R050558

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