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Locality Name:
Simón Bolívar District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 15.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 14.4

mindat Locality ID: 189217
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189217.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Simón Bolívar District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cerro De Pasco Mine (Paragsha Mine)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Copiapite	Corundum	Enargite	Kaolinite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copiapite ()*	Cuprobismutite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Emplectite ()*
Enargite ()*	Famatinite ()*	Galena ()*	Gratonite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hinsdalite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Matildite ()*	Minrecordite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Svanbergite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Copiapite Corundum Enargite Kaolinite
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	15.4	14.4	1	96397	966
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	15.4	14.4	1	96397	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	15.4	14.4	1	96397	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	15.4	14.4	1	96397	1935
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	15.4	14.4	1	96397	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	15.4	14.4	1	96397	382
Cuprobismutite ()*	None	Cu₈AgBi₁₃S₂₄	15.4	14.4	1	96397	43
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	15.4	14.4	1	96397	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	15.4	14.4	1	96397	9895
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	15.4	14.4	1	96397	246
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	15.4	14.4	1	96397	910
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	15.4	14.4	1	96397	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	15.4	14.4	1	96397	24243
Gratonite ()*	None	Pb₉As₄S₁₅	15.4	14.4	1	96397	24
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	15.4	14.4	1	96397	14640
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	15.4	14.4	1	96397	82
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	15.4	14.4	1	96397	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	15.4	14.4	1	96397	14899
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	15.4	14.4	1	96397	252
Minrecordite ()*	None	CaZn(CO₃)₂	15.4	14.4	1	96397	8
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	15.4	14.4	1	96397	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	15.4	14.4	1	96397	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15.4	14.4	1	96397	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	15.4	14.4	1	96397	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	15.4	14.4	1	96397	21482
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	15.4	14.4	1	96397	105
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	15.4	14.4	1	96397	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	15.4	14.4	1	96397	5317

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
	sedznpb-00363	15.4	14.4	15.4–14.4											189218	Cerro De Pasco Mine (Paragsha Mine), Simón Bolívar District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru	Cerro de Pasco	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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